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If you worked in a lab to design something to expose Trump, you couldn't do much better than this novel corona virus. It hits him in his claim of wealth being so very important, because diseases don't care if you're rich, and will take down people at the country club as easily as they take down people at the mission. It hits his ego, because banning large gatherings shut off the rally hatefests that boost his ego from funk to functional. It hits him in the pocketbook, because people are already cutting back on travel to places like golf courses and hotels. It exposes his incompetence and stupidity. It shows how listening to the science is important, as is working with other countries around the globe to limit the spread of a disease, as President Obama did successfully with Ebola. Trump suffers horrendously in the comparison, as more Americans have already died from COVID-19 that ever even got Ebola, for all the Fox Noise huffing and puffing. That even though the death rate from Ebola is around 90%, compared to the 2-3% for this new disease.
Maybe the greatest effect is showing just how little Trump cares for anyone or anything else, devoid of empathy and only focused on how this might affect his re-election chances. No care how many real people might be hurt, only self boosting of what a wonderful job he is doing, even as more people sicken and some die. And holding back testing kits because revealing the true scope of this would expose just how badly he has mismanaged this situation. His ignorance was on full display as he tried ever so desperately to boost his fragile ego by claiming the doctors all thought he was brilliant and said he should have become a doctor. Yeah, the dope who thinks windmills cause cancer. Even his own ignorant doctor thinks Trump is a fraud. Trump was warned two years ago that a global pandemic could destabilize the world and be a danger to the U.S. Because he hates to hear bad news, Trump soon fired the Director of National Intelligence who produced that report. As South Korea tests hundreds of thousands, we can't even yet test hundreds reliably.
There is real irony in a guy who rode phony fear, uncertainty and doubt to office, and now is being undone by actual fear, uncertainty and doubt. If he gets COVID-19, that will be the top irony ever.
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/trump-was-warned-of-a-pandemic-that-could-lead-to-massive-rates-of-death-by-the-intel-director-he-fired/
gopiscrap
(23,763 posts)pwb
(11,287 posts)It is his style. He is a Shithead.
texasfiddler
(1,990 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,869 posts)His naked statue did that.
Lonestarblue
(10,038 posts)Karadeniz
(22,557 posts)IronLionZion
(45,494 posts)if things get bad enough for their economy
uponit7771
(90,348 posts)Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)He certainly ought to know, being a pro at it. It really does take one to know one and Trump has brought up cons a lot in his past.
rickyhall
(4,889 posts)I've known what a crook dump was the first I saw him 30-odd years ago.
moreland01
(740 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,685 posts)Health crises don't work that way.
calimary
(81,419 posts)panfluteman
(2,065 posts)Someone who gets infected with coronavirus can go to one of Trump's rallies, cough in his hands, and go up to shake hands with Donald Trump after the show...
PS - I also thought that that would be the ultimate irony myself - if Donnie wound up actually getting coronavirus!
0rganism
(23,962 posts)i'll follow his sorry ass all around the continent, attend every rally and be as affectionate as possible with all the MAGAts there
it'll be like the Grateful Dead plus Typhoid Mary
winning!
CatWoman
(79,302 posts)IronLionZion
(45,494 posts)They can work from home without being fired, drive cars instead of public transit, have groceries and other shopping delivered, and travel by private jet if they want to fly somewhere. They have more space in their large homes if they choose to self quarantine.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Boomer
(4,168 posts)The rich can't do squat for themselves. They need housekeepers and gardeners and delivery boys, all those poor people who will catch the diseases the rich are trying to avoid. The pilot, the stewardess, the baggage handler, you simply can't avoid everyone when you're accustomed to being cared for.
malaise
(269,144 posts)Let me jsut say Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!