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To: Sdgla who wrote (1231721)	5/21/2020 9:51:04 AM
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Putin, Johnson, Bolsonaro and Trump: men too macho for masks 4 days ago - Why leaders who want to be seen as strongmen are afraid to take Covid-19 safety precautions. With the news this week that Vladimir Putin’s press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, is in hospital with Covid-19, the virus has now penetrated the Kremlin, 10 Downing Street, the Palácio do Planalto and the White House. Putin, Boris Johnson, Jair Bolsonaro and Donald Trump are all very different politicians. But all have had one thing in common in their responses to coronavirus: a belief or suggestion, at least in the early stages, that taking personal protective measures against the virus is somehow unseemly and at odds with their macho political brands. theguardian.com 1,551,853 US 317,554 Russia 291,579 Brazil 249,619 United Kingdom coronavirus.jhu.edu

To: Sdgla who wrote (1231721)	5/21/2020 9:53:36 AM
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"Trump reprtedly told Senators today " If his lips are moving, he's telling a lie. The Challenge of Briefing Trump Political Wireby Taegan Goddard New York Times: “Mr. Trump, who has mounted a yearslong attack on the intelligence agencies, is particularly difficult to brief on critical national security matters.” “The president veers off on tangents and getting him back on topic is difficult, they said. He has a short attention span and rarely, if ever, reads intelligence reports, relying instead on conservative media and his friends for information. He is unashamed to interrupt intelligence officers and riff based on tips or gossip he hears from the former casino magnate Steve Wynn, the retired golfer Gary Player or Christopher Ruddy, the conservative media executive.” “Mr. Trump rarely absorbs information that he disagrees with or that runs counter to his worldview, the officials said. Briefing him has been so great a challenge compared with his predecessors that the intelligence agencies have hired outside consultants to study how better to present information to him.”