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More precisely, this is the international terminal at O'Hare, which I've flown through many times but never seen this busy. Maybe encouraging people everyone to return from Europe RIGHT NOW wasn't the best idea.
Trump two days ago: "If an American coming back or anybody coming back, we have a tremendous testing set up where people coming in have to be tested"

Reality at O'Hare international terminal:
It is not just Chicago. Did no-one at the White House game out what would happen with an immediate travel ban and subsequent panic among returning passengers? Its zero-dimensional chess with this crew.
So: enhanced screening that creates the ideal conditions for spreading the virus. People who catch it in the airport will be asymptotic and waved on through, free to diffuse it all across America.
If you want to find the opposite of social distancing, look at scenes from Dallas Fort Worth. Ideal conditions to spread the virus.
This is bureaucratese for: "Don't blame us - we were told to do this without sufficient guidance or resources"
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Why perp walk Vindman (and his brother) from the White House when he has already committed to ending his assignment early?
To send a message to others. Sort of like putting heads on pikes.
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