Trump won't talk to Inslee, calls him 'nasty,' but the country is listening

Donald Trump unleashed his latest load of invective at Gov. Jay Inslee on Sunday, just as news outlets were crediting Washington for its early reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic, and Inslee was appearing on CNN's State of the Union with lessons that subsequent stricken states can learn.

Said Trump, when asked by a CNN reporter: "He's a failed presidential candidate. He's a nasty person. I don't like the governor of Washington so you know who calls? I get Mike Pence to call. I get FEMA to call."

In a month since Washington recorded its first coronavirus death, as the pandemic began ravaging a nursing home in Kirkland, Inslee has dealt with the president in ways to which Donald Trump is unaccustomed. He has refused to flatter the 45th president, who stages daily suckup sessions on the White House lawn. He has spoken truth to power. In the phone call when Trump spoke of the federal government's "backup" role, Inslee shot back that what America needs is a Tom Brady directing the offensive against COVID-19.

"I don't really care too much what Donald Trump thinks of me," Inslee said recently on Face the Nation.

Good for him. The pandemic is the big deal. Not the president. Inslee told a briefing Monday that he talked earlier with Vice President Mike Pence, a "good professional discussion" and that this Washington has "good open communication" with the federal government.

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I guess Trump considers anyone who doesn't kiss his enormous ass to be nasty.