Advertisement
#donaldtrump
#community
#joebiden
#trumptrial
#election2024
#republicans
#law
#media
#felon
#gop
#guilty
#maga
#elections
#cartoon
#conviction
#openthread
#democrats
#ukraine
#justice
#culture
#newyork
#stormydaniels
#alvinbragg
#music
#history
#scotus
#education
#russia
#convictedfelon
#gaza
Help Desk
Make a Donation
Write a story
Manage Front Page Queue
New Blog Entry
Drafts
Profile
Image Library
My Groups
My Stories
My Activity Stream
My Comments
Subscribe to Hide Ads
Show Ads
Hide Ads
Help Desk
Make A Donation
Sign Out
Log In
Sign Up
Create a free account
Log in
All Recent Stories
Staff
Community
Trending
Elections
From Markos' Desk
Comics
Community Groups
Community Spotlight
Actions
Civiqs
Make a Donation
Quick Links
Help Desk
Jobs
Work With Us
Advertising Overview
© Kos Media, LLC. Site content may be used for any purpose without explicit permission unless otherwise specified. "Kos" and "Daily Kos" are registered trademarks of Kos Media, LLC.
Privacy Policy
|
Terms of Use
|
DMCA Copyright Notice
#donaldtrump
#community
#joebiden
#trumptrial
#election2024
#republicans
#law
#media
#felon
#gop
#guilty
#maga
#elections
#cartoon
#conviction
#openthread
#democrats
#ukraine
#justice
#culture
#newyork
#stormydaniels
#alvinbragg
#music
#history
#scotus
#education
#russia
#convictedfelon
#gaza
Trump's Gift
by
Phosbrite
Community
(This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)
Saturday, Nov. 07, 2020
Saturday, Nov. 07, 2020
at
4:54:16pm PST
OK, Here's Something.
From a purely political point of view, Donald Trump was handed a gift 9 months ago. Presidents rarely get a ready-made opportunity to be a leader, except when the country is at war. But, back in late January, Trump was handed the COVID-19 pandemic. Along with the worst public health crisis in a century, he was equipped with world-renown infectious disease experts and a relatively robust economy. The fight against COVID-19 was Trump's to lose; right along with reelection.
If Trump had stepped up in the beginning and told the American public the truth, backed Dr Fauci, the CDC and the WHO, and wholeheartedly recommended that we all fully follow the guidelines, virtually everything that had gone before in the past 3 years would have been forgiven, if not forgotten. Most of the 2016 Trump voters who had planned on voting for the Democratic candidate (in January we still didn't know who that would be) would have come back to him. He would have even picked up new voters for 2020. With just that one series of moves, Trump could easily be up by double digits in 40 states right now. Not to mention, far fewer Americans would be dead from a virus that ran wild.
Along with assuring his own reelection, Trump's coat tails would have been long enough to insure a continued Senate majority for the GOP, and the House might actually be in play. Republicans everywhere up and down the ballot would be clamoring for the President's endorsement while Democrats would be positioning themselves to look like they've been behind him all along. All this was the political gift of the century handed to Donald Trump.
But, as we now know, Mr T never recognized his present. He lied to the public, mocked the doctors, pulled the US out of the WHO, ignored the risks by not wearing a mask...even after he was hospitalized with the virus...and guided the country to being the worst in the World in total number of cases and total deaths.
Donald J Trump blew the political opportunity of a lifetime. Rather than showing the people how hard he was working to keep them safe and get them healthy, he acted like he didn't have to do anything and things would "magically" get better. Millions are sick, hundreds of thousands are dead, the economy is in shambles and he doesn't have a clue about what to do next...except lie and deny. Maybe this is why it's a bad idea to elect a President with zero political instincts.
Congratulations President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice-President-Elect Kamala Harris!