It Will "Go Away": Trump's Magical Thinking

 The first time I heard Trump’s explanation of what will happen with the virus I truly thought I misheard. (March 11).  

           "It will go away. Just stay calm. It will go away... Be calm.                  It's really working out.

And then tonight he repeated this phrase more than once.

(Coronavirus Task Force Briefing  3-23-20  approximately 7PM ET)

Talking about needing to open up the government.

           “We’ll be watching this closely. Can’t keep it closed for                         years….This is going to go away. We’re going to win the                     battle.”

It sounded so peculiar, so child-like to me. 

“Teddy bear went away.”  

Let’s unpack Trump's utterance.

Grammar

                              

 (The virus) will go away.

      Noun        verb    adverb

There is no actor or agent acting on the virus.

Nothing seems to cause the virus to “go away.”

Semantically: 

The virus goes away of its own volition.

Human agents don’t show up here.

I guess, like locusts.  The virus just goes away.