Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Life, such as it is, with the Trumpandemic

Our Dear Leader
With the coronavirus not going away anytime soon and with the economy cratering to Great Depression levels, we might as well call this age the Trumpandemic era.

Since Trump and FOX News have blamed President Obama for COVID-19, it's quite obvious that their deception by projection has failed spectacularly.

Most Americans agree with Obama that the Trump administration's response to the pandemic is an "absolute chaotic disaster."

Well said.

Under Trump's "leadership," many Americans won't wear protective masks because Trump won't don one.

Well, two men attacked a Target security worker and broke his arm because he asked them to wear a mask. 

There are stories across the country where people wearing a mask in public are harassed by others not wearing masks.

So much for a national calamity to bring us together. We can thank Trump for that.

He thrives on divisiveness no matter the cost to anyone or anything but his bottom line.

So far, on the evening of May 13, 2020, there are more than 85,000 deaths from COVID-19 in the U.S. and nearly 1.5 million cases. We're No. 1 by a mile.

The unemployment rate is nearly 15 percent.

Schools may not re-open until late autumn.

Sheltering-in-place orders could last through summer.

From the beginning, the U.S. acted like a Third World nation unable to provide personal protective equipment to nurses and doctors dealing with COVID-19 patients.

Earlier this year, the Trump administration rejected an offer to manufacture millions of N95 masks in America.

That's because they never believed what was happening in China or Italy would ever affect the U.S.

This is what we get when Americans elect anti-government Republicans to run the government. They run it into the ground.

Trump dismissed COVID-19 well into March. 

In January he said: "we have it totally under control. It’s one person coming in from China. It’s going to be just fine.”

On February 27 he said, “It’s going to disappear. One day — it’s like a miracle — it will disappear.”

Trump referred to the coronavirus as the Democrats' "new hoax," after he was acquitted in the Senate of being a traitor to his country.

And, who could forget the classic Trump musing about injecting disinfectant into humans to combat the virus.

But, he has so many unforgettable lines.

With his administration failing to ramp up testing for COVID-19, Trump said, "I don't take responsibility at all."

To be fair, Trump did say in late March, "I'm a cheerleader for the country."

Trump won't wear a mask, but he apparently will wave pom-poms at the sick and dying.

Rah-rah, it's the Trumpandemic.