Tennesseer
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Post by Tennesseer on Jul 6, 2020 6:55:08 GMT -5
Long, but a good read. Trump's bluster doesn't beat a virus, calm a restive nationWASHINGTON (AP) — Not long after noon on Feb. 6, President Donald Trump strode into the elegant East Room of the White House. The night before, his impeachment trial had ended with acquittal in the Republican-controlled Senate. It was time to gloat and settle scores. “It was evil," Trump said of the attempt to end his presidency. “It was corrupt. It was dirty cops. It was leakers and liars.” It was also soon forgotten. On Feb. 6, in California, a 57-year-old woman was found dead in her home of natural causes then unknown. When her autopsy report came out, officials said her death had been the first from COVID-19 in the U.S. The “invisible enemy” was on the move. And civil unrest over racial injustice would soon claw at the country. If that were not enough, there came a fresh round of angst over Russia, and America would ask whether Trump had the backs of troops targeted by bounty hunters in Afghanistan. For Trump, the virus has been the most persistent of those problems. But he has not even tried to make a common health crisis the subject of national common ground and serious purpose. He has refused to wear a mask, setting off a culture war in the process as his followers took their cues from him. Instead he spoke about preening with a mask when the cameras were off: “I had a mask on," he said this past week. "I sort of liked the way I looked ... like the Lone Ranger.” These are times of pain, mass death, fear and deprivation and the Trump show may be losing its allure, exposing the empty space once filled by the empathy and seriousness of presidents leading in a crisis. Bluster isn’t beating the virus; belligerence isn't calming a restive nation. Complete article here: Trump's bluster doesn't beat a virus, calm a restive nation
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happyhoix
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Post by happyhoix on Jul 6, 2020 7:11:39 GMT -5
I didn't watch either of the two speeches he did for the Fourth but apparently they were both very divisive and bleak, along the lines of his 'American Carnage" inaugural speech. Us against them.
Not the usual flag waving, glad-to-be-an-American speech presidents usually give for the Fourth.
Trump claimed in his speeches that the greatest threat the country faces right now is the fight against the Marxist/Socialist/Anarcists on the left. Not covid, not a sickly economy, not the Russians - it's the terrorists on the left.
How can it not be obvious to his base that Trump's only re-election hope is to crank up the anger towards the 'others?'
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teen persuasion
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Post by teen persuasion on Jul 6, 2020 9:32:24 GMT -5
Weird kind of Jekyll/Hyde vibe from the article. All sorts of explanation of why Trump isn't suited to being a leader in current trying times (especially, empathy is not in his skill set, he just CAN'T do it), repeated reports of his angry meltdowns, etc. Then the end of the article felt more positive toward Trump, the Lone Ranger is back!
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mary2029
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Post by mary2029 on Jul 6, 2020 11:20:27 GMT -5
I didn't watch either of the two speeches he did for the Fourth but apparently they were both very divisive and bleak, along the lines of his 'American Carnage" inaugural speech. Us against them. Not the usual flag waving, glad-to-be-an-American speech presidents usually give for the Fourth. Trump claimed in his speeches that the greatest threat the country faces right now is the fight against the Marxist/Socialist/Anarcists on the left. Not covid, not a sickly economy, not the Russians - it's the terrorists on the left. How can it not be obvious to his base that Trump's only re-election hope is to crank up the anger towards the 'others?' And who are these terrorists on the left? They were antifa (for antifascists), but lately they've been far-left fascists. I'm getting tired of whom I'm supposed to hate.
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