Coronavirus outbreak: Trump says Capt. Crozier was fired because ‘he wanted to be Ernest Hemmingway’

U.S. President Donald Trump says Capt. Crozier, formerly commanding officer of the U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt, was relieved of his command and forced to say a Farewell to Arms because “he wanted to be Ernest Hemmingway.” Capt. Crozier was relieved on April 2 after memo written by him complaining of a COVID-19 outbreak on his ship was made public, becoming the man For Whom The Bell Tolls in the eyes of the Navy Seceratary. However, Trump also added that even in dark times, The Sun Also Rises for Capt. Crozier because “he’s a good man” who simply had a “bad day.”