Faced with difficulties, the Trump trump base came to show its confidence on Saturday, June 20 in Tulsa (Oklahoma) on the occasion of the first Donald Trump meeting since the Covid-19 pandemic hit the United States. While the cases of contamination have gone up again in the past days in the city that receives the President of the United States, the virus has not spared the organizers, six of whom tested positive before the arrival of Donald Trump and placed in quarantine. The news did not disturb Jacob Cohen, who came with his friend Andrew Berstein. “We know anyway that the figures are exaggerated in the United States. There are deaths which are classified Covid-19 even if it is not the cause ", he assures.
Sympathizers are automatically given a mask and small bottles of hydroalcoholic gel are also offered to them near the sports area which can accommodate 19,000 people and which was to be full, but bottles of water are much more in demand. Few dare to cover their mouths and noses, as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the federal government agency responsible for health.
Criticized for his management of the pandemic which he considers as a closed case, which denies the rising contaminations in Arizona, Texas and Florida, states rather spared at the beginning of the disease; shaken by the collapse of the economy following the shutdown of the country; destabilized by the movement against police violence, Donald Trump is currently struggling in terms of voting intentions. This does not move Michelle Voss, a Tulsa resident who attends her first Trump meeting. "He is a businessman, not a politician, he is capable and that is why I support him. We had with him the best economy in the history of the country and he is able to put it back on its feet ”, she assures.
David and Genie Jones, from Oklahoma City, an hour and a half away by car, take up the arguments put forward by the first Trumpists four years ago. "He inspires confidence because he speaks like us, he is not a classic politician so sometimes what he says can surprise, disturb, but it's like for us when we happen to drop a curse ", assures David.
Another couple also from Oklahoma City, Joe and Vanessa Palmeri, in their thirties, take up the same argument. "I voted for Obama in 2008 because I believed in it, I believed in this idea of hope, but I came back. We were treated to nice words, but that's it. Clinton and Obama were very attractive, but they were liars ", assures Joe. "Certainly Trump is rude, vulgar and that sometimes he says things that bother me, but at least he is transparent, he hides nothing", continues his wife.
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