Donald Trump has never cared about the medical consequences or the loss of life the American people are facing from the coronavirus. He was not interested in it while it was afar in China, and he does not care about it now. The only thing that matters to Trump is the impact the coronavirus is having on the economy. Most Americans are concerned about the virus impact on the health of others and the loss of life. For Trump (and Wall Street), the only casuality he sees are dollars lost. But paramount above everything else - he fears the coronavirus impact on his chance for relection.
From the very moment the conronavirus arrived upon American soil, Trump whole demeanor and approach towards Covid-19 was to minimize its significance. This holds true even today after the loss of over 146,000 lives, and now over 4,200,000 cases. Trump thought the impact of Covid-19 would not be this catastrophic and far-reaching. From the beginning, he calculated he could lie and finesse his way out of it, which is consistent behavior for Trump his entire life.
I confess - it is far worse than I ever imagined it would be. I believe for most people if they were to be truly honest, they underestimated it's impact as well. epidemiologist, other scientists, and medical professionals may had some inkling, but for the average lay person, we had no idea how bad things would become. Even the aforementioned did not not expect the lack of response from the federal government and the consequences that would result from their inaction. We still do not know everything to know about about Covid-19.
But in the past few weeks, Trump changed his tune about the coronavirus. Why does he care about it now, when he even retweeted two weeks ago a tweet made by Chuck Woolery on July 12, 2020 (former game show host) that the coronavirus is a hoax? Why has he now come out and said masks are stylish and patriotic? Why is he back to pimping coronavirus task force briefings (without the task force)? Why has he now admit the coronavirus is going to get worse before it gets better? That is something he should had admitted months ago, and he is the catalyst why things have culminated into the dire situation we are in today.
Trumps is even now enamored on how becoming the mask looks on him. The only reason he has changed his stance is because Joe Biden is considerably ahead in the polls. Trump is running scared, and is starting to realize most of the American people did not appreciate him diminishing the impact the coronavirus in the United States. Don't be mistaken - Donald Trump still do not care about one single life lost by Covid-19, or providing the resources needed to combat this thing. He is only freighted that he is going to lose the election.
There should had been a federal response already set up before the coronavirus reached the United States. Donald Trump previously dismantled the pandemic response program President Obama set up in 2014 due to the Ebola outbreak. Trump believed as long as the government portrayed the virus as something far out in a distant land, than he would be able to minimize its impact and threat upon its' arrival to the U.S. Today, he is still downplaying the coronavirus, and just several weeks ago stated 99% of the cases are harmless. What an asinine, ridiculous, and reckless statement from our so-called President of the United States.
Trump deliberately kept a Grand Princess cruise ship from docking in Oakland, California so those infected with the coronavirus would not be factored into the American count of Covid-19 cases. On March 6, Trump stated, "Anybody that wants a test can get a test. That's what the bottom line is." When he said that only 1% of the population could get test, and had to be ordered by one's physician. No, the bottom line is it was just one of his many lies.
Trump eventually imposed travel restrictions for European countries, which he initially conveyed as being more extensive. He also stated there will be bans on trade and cargo from Europe. He later backtracked on that one. On March 12, Trump told the press any traveler from Europe would be "heavily tested" upon arriving to the United States. What does "heavily tested" mean?" Does it mean one receives a wide assortment of swab samples, x-rays, or a complete physical? If he felt extra generous, perhaps an efficacious inoculation of Lysol for our European friends before sending them on their way.
Once Trump realized how he screwed up with his lack of response and preparedness for the coronavirus, he switched tactics. Now, instead of it being the federal government responsibility to coordinate the pandemic response, it will fall upon the governors. I have to give him credit for this one - it was an ingenious move because now he could shift the blame to governors for what he should had done in the first place on a federal level. It pains me to admit Trump is very good at this sort of strategy - it was well played.
It's mind blowing the federal government will deploy FEMA to a state for hurricane or flood damage, but not be willing to orchestrate, fund, and over see a pandemic effecting the entire United States. It is absolutely ludicrous to believe any state would be able to handle such a burden unless they have virtually no coronavirus cases. The reason other nations have been far more successful than the United States in curtailing Covid-19, is because they addressed the coronavirus on a national level.
Donald Trump will do whatever it takes to get his way. He has no moral conscience, and frankly does not give a rip about anyone other than himself. He is incapable of feeling - he is a true sociopath. It is the essence of he is, and he will never change. He does not care about his base, or "his" Republican governors (i.e. DeSantis, Kemp) and "his" Republican senators. He only cares about their vote and support of him - no more, no less. Why "his" in quotations you might ask? It's simple, he owns them. He does not care about you or your family. Your life has no value to him. You are as everyone else is to him, a pawn in his game. A person only matters to him on the basis of how he or she can benefit his needs.That is the real Donald Trump.
