President Donald Trump continues to try and bury the failures of his presidency under a cascade of tweets. This Monday morning, he posted nine tweets before 10 a.m. in which he ranted and raved about the news of the day, desperately trying to convince observers that his administration is actually getting along just fine. Among other things, he posted more brazen lies about mail-in voting, claimed that the U.S. has done great in responding to the Coronavirus although around 158,000 Americans have died, and touted the high ratings for Fox & Friends, the morning Fox show that Trump routinely watches. Americans are dying at a rate of hundreds per day due to the Coronavirus, and the president is focused on Fox’s television ratings.
His lies about mail-in voting included the claim that Nevada’s Democratic governor is carrying out some kind of conspiracy against election integrity via plans to mail a ballot to every voter in the state. Mail-in voting is already used at a high rate throughout the United States, and it’s increasing in usage now because of a very obviously non-conspiratorial reason: the Coronavirus pandemic makes it precarious to gather in-person in large groups, like at a polling place. Trump just has problems with reality.
In an illegal late night coup, Nevada’s clubhouse Governor made it impossible for Republicans to win the state. Post Office could never handle the Traffic of Mail-In Votes without preparation. Using Covid to steal the state. See you in Court! https://t.co/cNSPINgCY7
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 3, 2020
Meanwhile, it’s amazingly pathetic how detached that the president is from the actual reality of the Coronavirus pandemic in the United States. Many states are seeing increased rates of new cases and deaths. On Sunday — a slow day for reporting! — the U.S. reported about 49,000 new cases of the virus across the country, and some of these cases will end in death. Yet, the president claims that the U.S. is actually doing great and insists that the U.S. has so many cases because it does so much testing, which is completely incorrect. The virus would still be spreading and killing people if not a single test was performed. This is not a public relations game. It’s a real-world crisis.
With the exception of New York & a few other locations, we’ve done MUCH better than most other Countries in dealing with the China Virus. Many of these countries are now having a major second wave. The Fake News is working overtime to make the USA (& me) look as bad as possible!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 3, 2020
FAKE NEWS IS THE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 3, 2020
Cases up because of BIG Testing! Much of our Country is doing very well. Open the Schools!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 3, 2020
96% Approval Rating in the Republican Party. 50% in new Rasmussen Poll (higher than Obama at this point in time). Thank you!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 3, 2020
My visits last week to Texas and Florida had massive numbers of cheering people gathered along the roads and highways, thousands and thousands, even bigger (by far) than the crowds of 2016. Saw no Biden supporters, and yet some in the Fake News said it was an equal number. Sad!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 3, 2020
Wow! Really bad TV Ratings for Morning Joe (@JoeNBC). @foxandfriends doing great, leading all others by far. @CNN not a factor!!!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 3, 2020
Trump also complained about Dr. Deborah Birx, a member of the White House Coronavirus response task force. He seemed upset that she pointed people to the basic reality of the pandemic in the United States, as if that’s some kind of “attack” on the president’s public image. It’s not.
So Crazy Nancy Pelosi said horrible things about Dr. Deborah Birx, going after her because she was too positive on the very good job we are doing on combatting the China Virus, including Vaccines & Therapeutics. In order to counter Nancy, Deborah took the bait & hit us. Pathetic!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 3, 2020
RECORD HIGH NASDAQ! It would all come crashing down, including your Jobs, Stocks, and 401k’s, if Sleepy Joe ever became President. China and others would own us!!!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 3, 2020
Check out Twitter’s response below:
