Wait a second, there are people out there who actually think the administration has done a good job here?
Wow! I did not see that coming. That’s genuinely insane.
This has nothing to do with his reelection or anything else that frankly doesn’t matter within this context. We will worry about that in November.
However, there is no question that this administration turned down proven testing kits from the WHO and the CDC’s testing kits didn’t work.
Think about that for a second.
We had a two month head start on this virus and we got nothing accomplished. Now, we are going to pay the price for our arrogance/idiocy. We are still weeks behind where we should be regarding testing. There’s no reasonable debate to be had on that front. Those are unassailable facts that cannot be spun or explained away. That’s not from some liberal news network, those are facts that everyone agrees on.
Last week, Trump was telling everyone this is all going to “miraculously” go away and is all just a big hoax by the Democrats and the media. They also told everyone they had this totally under control and that our numbers were decreasing. Again, those are factual statements about what the president and his surrogates were saying as this pandemic was spreading.
All of those were massive and incredibly dangerous lies!
You can call me whatever names you want to call me, but that does not change the fact that those were all clearly lies!
He is STILL lying about all manner of things including the availability of testing kits. Go try to get a testing kit right now. Good luck to you!
Yesterday, they had Ben Carson step to the mic during a presser and he said everyone needed to pray more.
What?!
Then, for whatever reason, the White House doctor was imploring everyone not to blame the president.
What the hell are we doing here?
I do think Anthony Fauci has acquitted himself well here. He appears to be the only one in that entire group who has been telling the truth. He has not lost any credibility through this process, but he is practically alone in that regard.
GTFOH!
This is going to get far, far worse before gets better. This is not going to be a two or three week thing, guys. It’s probably going to be a two or three months thing — at a minimum.
I do agree with those who say that the politics of this is secondary right now. That’s absolutely true. However, that was also true whenever the president was treating a public health crisis like a financial crisis and was running around talking about the effect this is going to have on the markets, rather than the toll it’s going to take on so many of our families.
They have bungled this from the start and there’s no way anyone can spin this otherwise. Oh, I know many will try. They are awesome at convincing millions and millions of people that up is down and hot is cold.
However, how he has handled this so far and how he will handle this going forward will constitute Trump's legacy. There’s just no doubt about it. This is his chance to totally undo the naysayers.
How he reacts to this crisis going forward will determine not only his future but America’s future — certainly in the near term. It will be very interesting to see if he’s up to the task?
What do you guys think? Are we going to see decisiveness and strong, shrewd leadership at a time where it is desperately needed; or are we going to see pettiness and finger-pointing and blame shifting?
I know where I’m placing my money.
