Trump's Handling of the Coronavirus Could Cost Him Presidency

[Nevilledog]

With the infection rate exploding and the economy in collapse, Donald Trump has failed spectacularly as a crisis manager. It would probably take a massive shock for him to get re-elected, but it appears he’s trying to make that happen, too.

https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/trump-s-handling-of-the-coronavirus-could-cost-him-the-presidency-a-341ffd75-5aba-46c9-983a-d063178512dd

An American president setting off a war somewhere in the world to win an election he thinks is already lost - it’s a script familiar to moviegoers. But an American president who threatens to wage war on American cities to turn an election campaign around? That’s unheard of.

At least it was until now.

Amidst the clouds of tear gas, anonymous federal police in battle gear throw stun grenades into a crowd, arresting protesters in the streets, locking them up without warrants. The videos showing the deployment of militarized troops in the United States look like scenes from the combat video game "Call of Duty.” But they’re real.

Donald Trump has deployed the federal troops from his Department of Homeland Security as a kind of presidential militia in Portland on the West Coast, where they have been using brute force against Black Lives Matter supporters who have been protesting in the city for weeks. The heavily armed security force is usually reserved for things like counter-terrorism operations or going up against drug smugglers. They have no insignias and their vehicles have no license plates.

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[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Taken down by his own hubris and ignorance, as he should be.

[Wounded Bear]

2. I certainly hope so...

[Thekaspervote]

3. I found this interesting

Yesterday
Olivia DeHavalid dies famous actress from gone with the wind
While Hannah roars in with a big wind and rips dotard’s useless wall down
At the same time one of the most revered civil rights activists of this and the last century, breaking down walls and barriers is honored by being carried across the Edmund Pettus bridge

Unrelated Forces of nature? Forces for good?

I’d like to think the later

[regnaD kciN]

4. I would hope that headline falls under the same category as...

...Evidence Suggests Pope May Be Catholic, or Wildlife Experts Raise Possibility Bears Relieve Themselves In Woods.

[no_hypocrisy]

5. Plainly speaking, Trump has never had five minutes of managerial experience.

He's always delegated and blamed others when his schemes have unraveled.

Exhibit One: Trump Castle
Exhibit Two: Trump Plaza
Exhibit Three: Trump Taj Mahal
Exhibit Four: The Plaza Hotel
Exhibit Five: Trump Airlines
Exhibit Six: World Football League
And more . . . . . .