Did you know that since Trump’s lies have changed about COVID-19 from HOAX to “I’m doing a great job protecting the United States from the pandemic”, his popularity rating in the polls has actually improved?
Let’s never forget how Trump lied repeatedly for weeks about COVID-19 being a HOAC, not being a threat, and having it totally under control.
The main reason that the U.S. was unprepared to respond promptly to the coronavirus was that Trump repeatedly told the public that it was not a problem, that it would disappear spontaneously, and that it was under control. None of this was true. Even now, almost half of Republicans do not believe that the virus is a genuine public health problem. Now, we are learning that there are real life-and-death consequences attached to electing a vain and ignorant narcissist the the presidency.
New York Times columnist David Leonhardt catalogued the evolution of Trump’s views and statements to the public.
He wrote:
President Trump made his first public comments about the coronavirus on Jan. 22, in a television interview from Davos with CNBC’s Joe Kernen. The first American case had been announced the day before, and Kernen asked Trump, “Are there worries about a pandemic at this point?”
The president responded:…
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