Monday, March 30, 2020

Obdurate or stupid, that is the question

Trump went on Fox this morning, taking a break from his recent (vain) effort trying to fill the shoes of those who held the office before him, and reverted back to his childish, aggrieved whinging about how it was all the Democrat's fault. Ugh!

And he has pivoted from the "it'll all be better by Easter, an Easter miracle" nonsense he was peddling just two days ago. Why? Apparently the CDC people showed him some pictures of a hospital overrun with patients; that gives you measure of the man. You can explain as you would to normal person of moderate intelligence and he takes no notice. Statistics are go over his head. He has so little imagination that listening to a nuanced argument and seeing its implications appears quite beyond him.

It was a picture that tipped the balance; and the stark warning that he could be the president to preside of 2.2m deaths:1.  And lets remember this was a man who said it was no worse than the flu, better even because people who got sick often had less severe symptoms. And yes, he did say that. We have a president who needs to be presented facts as you would to an 8th grader to get through to him. But at least for a while data and reason are prevailing. 

1. That's 2.15m more Americans than died in Vietnam, President Bone Spurs

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