Trump says his "authority is total" -- while he blames everyone else for his failures
Trump says his "authority is total" — while he blames everyone else for his failures
In Trump's evil, incoherent theory of government, he has all the power — but none of the responsibility
AMANDA MARCOTTE - APRIL 14, 2020 5:05PM (UTC)
https://www.salon.com/2020/04/14/trump-says-his-authority-is-total--while-he-blames-everyone-else-for-his-failures/
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Donald Trump is melting down. Well, more than usual, anyway. Berating America in a tone that evokes Eric Cartman of "South Park," Trump lashed out on Monday at anyone who would dare question his A-THOR-ATE-I. Monday's propaganda session disguised as a "coronavirus briefing" was wilder than usual, with Trump going well beyond his already megalomaniacal daily rants, subjecting the viewers at home and the beleaguered White House reporters to a mendacious propaganda video that attempted to spin his wild failures into some story of great success. And throughout this meltdown, Trump was asserting his godlike powers in the same tone used to lecture trophy wives about how they need to show a little more gratitude to the man whose ill-gotten gains keep them flush with golden toilets.
"When somebody's the president of the United States, the authority is total, and that's the way it's got to be," Trump declared to the reporters who risk their health to show up daily to bear witness to a character who makes Emperor Palpatine's on-screen villainy seem subtle and underplayed.
When CNN's Kaitlan Collins challenged him by pointing out, correctly, that the president's authority is not absolute, he snapped at her, "Enough!"
Trump's petulance had an immediate cause, which is yet another — and quite excellent — report on how thoroughly he failed on the coronavirus response, this time in the form of a New York Times weekend feature. This article lays out how, for months, administration officials tried desperately to get Trump to take coronavirus seriously, but he continued to insist he could bullshit his way through this. Even the one action Trump authorized, a travel ban from China, was wasted as he aggressively fought any effort to use the time bought by the ban to prepare a medical response or institute measures to slow the viral spread.
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