Nobody knows what is going on. There is a very infectious disease circulating humanity and nobody, at least in the USA is sure of how they should be going about daily business. In times of crisis, people need transparent leadership. In the United States, we have gotten the exact opposite. The Trump administration has mangled their attempt at preventing widespread outbreak here in the United States. Schools are closed, primaries are being postponed, sports have come to a complete halt and the market is in the middle of a historic collapse. Since cases started growing, Trump and his Fox News state media arm have been trying to downplay the whole thing by claiming it is a Democrat hoax, and telling people it’s not a bid deal. The grifter in chief has been doing this for one reason: to calm markets and keep case numbers down across the country all to help benefit his re-election bid. The latter was confirmed by a Politico correspondent to the White House when talking to Alex Azar, the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Honestly, it is hard to stay level headed when these things pop up. The President does not care about anybody but himself. People have died and will continue to die because of these actions. People will continue to catch the virus unknowingly and not be able to get tested all because he’s afraid high numbers will hurt his election prospects? It’s despicable, despotic, and something that should turn off even the most fervent supporter.
In the interest of keeping this short, and trust me, it could get a lot longer, I will only mention casually that this pandemic is of the administration’s own doing. Trump has gashed the CDC’s budget and fired positions put in place by the Obama administration during the Ebola crisis in 2014. He left us unprepared.
To conclude, the president has, once again, abused his powers. This time, it has led to American deaths on American soil. If you have a member of the GOP as a congressional rep, call them and tell them to get their head out of the sand and do their job by putting pressure on the President to do his job.
Thanks for reading for the sake of democracy
-John
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