Donald Trump considers disease a weakness and appears to feel he is immune to the virus that has overtaken the country. Worse, he urges the country to believe in and act out his fantasy. Over the past three years, his actions have taken a dark turn. His mishandling of the coronavirus (COVID-19) has only added an exclamation point to people’s alarm.
In a morning tweet, POTUS hit upon The Vanity Fair Magazine for its latest article criticizing him. He attacked its reporters, accused the well-thought-of publication of making up sources, and demanded the country see how well he has handled the rapidly spreading disease, which has morphed into a pandemic:
‘Vanity Fair Magazine, which will soon be out of business, and their third rate Fake reporters, who make up sources which don’t exist, wrote yet another phony & boring hit piece. The facts are just the opposite. Our team is doing a great job with CoronaVirus!’
Both Democratic candidates for the 2020 presidential race have canceled the rallies as Trump rebelliously marches on with his. For some reason, he does not understand that they are Petri dishes for his base or perhaps he does not care. In a statement, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) canceled:
‘Out of concern for public health and safety, we are canceling tonight’s rally in Cleveland. We are heeding the public warnings from Ohio state officials, who have communicated concern about holding large, indoor events during the coronavirus outbreak.’
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) also announced it would take the rallies one-by-one. The Sunday night two-man debate will continue, but it will have no audience. The DNC said:
‘[Its] number one priority has and will continue to be the safety of our staff campaigns, Arizonans, and all those involved in the debate.’
Trump’s attempt to calm voters by downplaying the pandemic have flopped loudly. The stock market shot up 1,000 points Wednesday, wiping out all of Tuesday’s gains. Plus, the president apparently thinks that his health officials “know nothing.”
The commander-in-chief:
‘[T]hinks exercise kills you, sound causes cancer, and unprotected sex with a porn star is fine—need only listen to his own advice. In addition to claiming the virus will just “go away.”‘
One of Vanity Fair’s sources near the coronavirus task force said that as Trump’s aggressive handshakes continue, federal health officials want him to stop. This is both for his own sake and as his example for Americans.
Trump tasked Vice President Mike Pence with handling the COVID-19 aka coronavirus. As the disease tears across America, the VP has gone with the new elbow bump as suggested by infectious disease experts suggested. Pence said:
‘As the president has said, in our line of work, you shake hands when someone wants to shake your hand, and I expect the president will continue to do that, I’ll continue to do it.’
Twitter world lifted off after Trump attacked a magazine but not coronavirus. Check out how Americans felt about that below:
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