Singer John Legend harshly criticizes the American president.
American singer John Legend considers that President Donald Trump is doing “a terrible job” in combating the spread of the covid-19 pandemic, being more concerned “with the stock market than with the health” of the population .
In an interview with Lusa, John Legend regretted that his country, the United States, “is not dealing correctly” with the Covid-19 pandemic, a disease caused by the new coronavirus.
“President Trump is doing a terrible job, repeating lies and falsehoods and jokes at daily press conferences, and he is not demonstrating the kind of moral leadership we need,” defended John Legend, adding that the US head of state American “seems more concerned with approval ratings and the stock market than with the health and well-being of the American people.”
The singer is “very concerned” that the situation “is not going well” and Donald Trump “is making it worse”. “Fortunately, we have a federal system in which states have a lot of power. And states have governors who are in fact responsible and are doing the right thing. They are able to replace the incompetence of the president sometimes, but it doesn’t always work that way,” stated.
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John Legend fears that with the current situation, social differences will deepen in the country and considers that there are things that “society and the government can do to mitigate this”.
“But I am very concerned that what is really going to happen will exacerbate income inequalities, that it will be even more difficult for the poor and the working class to survive and prosper in our country. I am not so familiar with the policies of other countries, but I know which is a very important issue here and I am concerned about that “, he shared.
In November, there will be presidential elections in the United States, and John Legend hopes that Americans “will be able to see the drawbacks [de o país] to have a president so incompetent, so selfish and so liar, that he has no competence to be the leader of the richest nation in the world “.
“He just shouldn’t be in charge now, and seeing him act in a crisis makes that even more clear, and I hope the Americans will see that,” he said.
Everything points to Joe Biden being the Democratic candidate to face Donald Trump in the November elections and John Legend hopes “he will do a good job”.
“I hope he strongly defends the new direction that the country has to take. He will win the Democratic Party elections and I hope that he will be able to convince enough Americans that we need a new direction,” he said.
The cultural sector has been one of the main affected, worldwide, due to the covid-19 pandemic, with shows and tours to be postponed or canceled.
The musician recalls that “it started to hit the entertainment industry very early, because from the moment that the authorities tell people that they cannot join large groups, there are shows that start to be canceled”.
John Legend’s next tour only starts in the summer, in July in Europe, with a date in Portugal (July 3 in Cascais, at CoolJazz Fest), and in August and September in the United States, but the musician has had “several events that should happen in March, April and May canceled or postponed “.
“Obviously, as a successful artist, I have a pillow to face these kinds of situations. But many people who have jobs to pay their bills and help them live week by week, have no savings or the pillow that allows them not to work for weeks or months at a time “, he stressed, showing that he is aware that” it is really difficult for many people “.
The new coronavirus, responsible for the covid-19 pandemic, has already infected around 540,000 people worldwide, of whom nearly 25,000 died.
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