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In the beginning, the US President underestimated the pandemic. But the economy is destroying itself and now it seeks to install an epic tale. He is afraid of losing his reelection in November. President Donald Trum p initially downplayed the coronavirus epidemic: Comparing it to the simple flu, he said there would soon be a few cases in the United States and called it a "farce" orchestrated by the Democratic opposition. But as the days passed, and the reports of the scientists alerted on the advance of the outbreak, Trump was turning his narrative. He went on to describe it as a "war" situation caused by an external enemy (which he always names with xenophobic overtones as "a Chinese virus") and enforced rules that are used in extreme contexts. This Wednesday, it invoked the Production Protection Law - a war-time act - to guarantee the manufacture of key supplies and also suspended foreclosures and evictions. A day before, he had