Comment on Trump Was Asked When Lettuce Will Be Safe To Eat Again And Somehow Ended Up Threatening Canada Over Smoke by Margaret C. Haug
Trump was asked a simple public-health question about the lettuce outbreak making people sick, and his answer turned into a threat to tariff Mexico over the lettuce and Canada over wildfire smoke. The exchange happened during a gaggle with reporters and spread within hours, mostly because of how far the answer drifted from the question. The question was, when is it going to be safe to eat lettuce again?
- ▪Trump was asked a simple public-health question about the lettuce outbreak making people sick, and his answer turned into a threat to tariff Mexico over the lettuce and Canada over wildfire smoke.
- ▪The exchange happened during a gaggle with reporters and spread within hours, mostly because of how far the answer drifted from the question.
- ▪The question was, when is it going to be safe to eat lettuce again?
Comments for Baller Alert files mainly under news. We currently carry 8 of its stories.
Opening excerpt (first ~120 words) tap to expand
Trump was asked a simple public-health question about the lettuce outbreak making people sick, and his answer turned into a threat to tariff Mexico over the lettuce and Canada over wildfire smoke. The exchange happened during a gaggle with reporters and spread within hours, mostly because of how far the answer drifted from the question. The question was, when is it going to be safe to eat lettuce again? His response, in full: he did not know, he had not thought about it, there was food coming in from Mexico, and what he figured they would do is put a major tariff on Mexico because of the lettuce and a big tariff on Canada because of the smoke. That is the entire arc.
…
Excerpt limited to ~120 words for fair-use compliance. The full article is at Baller Alert.
Discussion
0 commentsMore from Baller Alert
