'He’s gonna get us all killed': sense of unease after Trump coronavirus speech

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Donald Trump's first Oval Office address - that almost sacred altar for US presidents on prime time television - came in January 2019 amid a partial government shutdown and asserted that only a border wall can keep out dangerous illegal immigrants.

Trump has typically resisted conventions - it has been exactly a year since the last White House press briefing - but even he finds some of them necessary or useful.

At 9.02pm, Trump began as presidents so often do: "My fellow Americans." But in the next breath, he reverted to his familiar us-versus-them nationalism, referring to the coronavirus outbreak "That started in China" and is now spreading throughout the world.

Trump announced the US will bebanning travelers from many European countries to the US for the next 30 days with exemptions for Americans, permanent residents and family of US citizens who have undergone screenings and, mysteriously, the UK, despite it having a higher caseload than some other European countries.

Seen in the midst of an emergency, Trump could not resist some campaigning.

Susan Glasser, a staff writer from the New Yorker, tweeted: "The militaristic, nationalistic language of Trump's speech tonight is striking: a 'foreign virus,' keeping out China and Europe."

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