Now, with the nation’s having surpassed China in the number of COVID 19 cases, he’s saying everything’s okay, insisting his only regret is not getting good press, and suggesting we’ll all be back to normal by Easter (two weeks from now).
Meanwhile, governors, mayors, doctors, epidemiologists and other functioning, fact-informed heroes across the nation have stepped in to fill the leadership vacuum. They’re the ones actually in touch with the knowledge—and the courage—to face the awful reality, employing the best possible data and infection modeling tech to keep citizens informed.
They’re the ones telling us the hard truths we need to know and prescribing the steps necessary to buy time for the necessary infrastructure and supplies—the need for which Trump has insisted for months be ignored—to even begin meeting the expected demand.
DAMNING PROOF
Donald Trump is a man of extremely limited intellect, poor judgement and low regard for anyone but himself and those willing to sell out their own integrity to ingratiate themselves to him.
But one thing the man-baby president does know how to do is delude folks—including himself—into believing he never fails. Let’s be clear, the man has rarely, if ever, accomplished anything without lying, cheating, intimidation and lawsuits. This is why he’s so afraid of any confrontation with the truth, why he’s so zealously concealing his tax returns, banking records, school transcripts—anything that might prove what a loser and crook he truly is.
It’s a delicate balancing feat: to act
responsibly for the sake of our country…
while making their boss believe it’s all his idea.
If such damning proof were ever revealed, the average narcissistic psychopath might start to crumble. Not this psychopath. His ruthless father taught him from an early age that money and power is absolutely all he’d ever need to be “a winner.” He learned those lessons well, and has kept learning, from crooked politicians, corporate robber barons, attack lawyers, and a few of history’s most brutal dictators, all of whom he’s clearly idolized.
It is entirely predictable how this man will act. No matter the situation, he knows only one M.O.: Don’t think. Boast, lie, steal the limelight, deny your failures and claim credit for others’ successes.
So this brings us to the current crisis facing our country—and the human race for that matter. We may not know what our clueless, reckless president will do from day to day. But we do know exactly how this scene will ultimately play out for him.
They, just as their hero would, will be first
in line to demand their government save them.
THE CHILDREN OF ADDICTS
Trump has botched the national response to COVID 19, a failing that’s already likely to cost hundreds of thousands of lives. Like the children of addicts, the real infectious disease experts he deigns to share the podium with face a delicate balancing act: to perform responsibly for the sake of our country…while making their boss believe it’s all his idea.
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| As with anyone appearing to be smarter than he, DJT's patience with Dr. Fauci is wearing thin. |
There are other heroes, too, working around Trump’s little ego tornado—like New York’s governor Cuomo, Washington’s Inslee and Minnesota’s Walz; like some visionary philanthropists like Bill and Melinda Gates. They are the ones who just may be able navigate these turbulent seas for us with a lower casualty rate than many other countries have suffered. Hopefully, most Americans will choose to listen to the real heroes, not the fool's-gold one, and make the sacrifices necessary to accomplish that.
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| Gov. Tim Walz (D. Minnesota) |
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| Bill Gates |
Many among Trump’s base will not. Then they, just as their hero would if he needed anything but admiration, will be first in line to demand their government save them. We know this.
And we know, with 100 percent certainty, that once America’s crest of the pandemic begins to ebb, a certain doughy, tiny-hands reality show star will once again show up to photo-bomb the real heroes, elbow his way to the mic and proclaim that it was his genius that turned the tide.
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| He's clawing his way up behind them. Wait for it... |
