For the good of the nation, President Trump should self-quarantine
For the good of the nation, for the health of the country, in the interest of doing something drastic to mitigate a national disgrace, President Trump should self-quarantine.
I’m serious. Every time he opens his mouth or makes an appearance, he puts the American people more at risk. His three years of flagrant and unremitting lying have made him the last person who should be the source of life and death information for 330 million Americans.
Trump should be isolated for his own health as well. He may have been exposed to a Brazilian official who tested positive for the coronavirus and was at Mar-a-Lago with the president just a few days ago. Trump insists he has no symptoms, which of course doesn’t mean he was not exposed. His shrug is the wrong message.
Nothing reveals character like a crisis. Friday’s press conference was a panderfest to a man who kept saying “I don’t take responsibility at all” for the lag in testing, all while insisting that “we’re doing a great job.” Then he lied again, saying it’s “been true for a while” that anyone who wants a test can get one now.
Trump’s prime-time address to the nation on Wednesday was a full-blown disaster, blaming Europe, congratulating himself, fanning confusion and panic. Even reading a script from a teleprompter, this executive could not deliver a truthful, coherent message to a jittery nation.
Wall Street panicked. White House aides were quick to issue clarifications and corrections. No, the president did not intend to declare economic war on the world’s largest trading bloc, in Europe. No, insurance companies would not suspend co-pays for coronavirus “treatment” — only testing.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/13/opinion/trump-coronavirus.html?auth=login-facebook&smid=tw-nytopinion&smtyp=cur
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