Keep Calm

President Trump stated in a recent interview that he downplayed the initial seriousness of the Corona Virus to avoid causing the citizenry to panic. The Democrats pounced and said he lied to the American people and mishandled the whole situation. That is not the case at all. What the President did was act as a leader and behave much like any responsible adult would. Think about this for a minute... When your kids were young and you were faced with a scary situation, what did you do? You put on a brave face, downplayed the danger to your children and assured them there was nothing to worry about. What you didn't do was panic and let your children know how scared you were (thereby scaring them even more). Did you lie to your kids? Well, yes and no. There are DEFINITELY times when it is beneficial to your children to not give them the whole truth. You do it to protect them. To do otherwise is unnecessary and quite frankly could be called irresponsible parenting. Now, think of President Trump as a parent, and the American people as the children. What good would have come of scaring the citizens out of their wits about something they had absolutely no control over? No good at all. Downplaying the severity of the virus gave our leaders time to formulate a plan to present to the people to let us know everything was going to be okay. Check out another good example below... what if a pilot were faced with a dangerous and scary situation in the cockpit. Would it best for him to be honest with the passengers and inform them of the dire situation? Would you as a passenger feel comforted knowing the pilot was scared? Or would you rather be (temporarily) blissfully ignorant, and spared the details of what could be a life threatening situation. I know I'd rather be kept in the dark believing the pilot is well trained and has everything under control. I don't need to know the particulars of the situation. What am I going to do to help the pilot? Nothing at all, so why should I be privvy to the details? I shouldn't, and that's the whole point. Instead of bashing our President, why not give the man some credit for trying to do what's best for our country?