Comparing Coronavirus and World War II — Market Mad House

Many observers are comparing coronavirus and World War II. In particular, U.S. President Donald J. Trump (R-Florida) evokes the Second World War when he calls himself a “wartime president.”

“I do, I actually do, I’m looking at it that way,” Trump told reporters on 18 March 2020. “I look at it, I view it as, in a sense, a wartime president. I mean, that’s what we’re fighting.”

To explain, Trump views the battle against coronavirus as war, Politico reports. Accordingly, Trump is deploying military resources…