Trump and his selective camera opportunities -- another clue to how Republicans operate.
Now that I'm watching Mike Pence become the face of the coronavirus crisis I've figured out what Trump is doing with these pressers. He's controlling them to the extreme he can control them. If there is good news to announce to Americans, Trump is front and center, relaying what he knows. But if it's bad news, he delegates where he can. If he can't, he stands in front of cameras and twists the facts so it doesn't make him look bad. But the coronavirus broke the magic behind that ploy because everyone knows by now, Trump isn't reliable when it came to facts. And to fight this thing properly, we need facts.
The coronavirus was the young boy who finally got everyone to see that the Emperor wore no clothes. As the coronavirus began to take the oxygen from the room, reporters rejected Trump's orchestrated press conferences and instead fought to ask questions. And that's why staff members are now shouting at the press to get them out of the room after Trump finishes speaking. Those staffers act like they learned manners from the feral dogs that raised them. But Trump just smiles while it's happening because they're following his orders. He thinks he's controlling the room, but it's just the opposite. Those rabid orders from his staffer will end up in Trump's historical film biography.
What I am glad to see is that the press doesn't need to get the information from Trump. They can piece the facts from plain research and know from following public record that Trump dug himself a hole the day he dropped the pandemic response team.
From the press's own sources they knew that Trump refused to be part of the multi-country conglomerate that was looking for a usable test for the virus. When he rejected that group, he did it because he believed the coronavirus would never make it into the United States, which proves that he's not proactive. At his level of leadership this creates an opportunity for mismanagement.
What does a person do when they are coming from behind when solving a serious problem? It's very clear to me he will use his own private friends and resources, compounding his perception of profiteering from the presidency.
The only silver-lining in this is that Trump has shown us how to counter them when they come after Hunter Biden. The fact is, Republicans don't know how to govern without relying on their networks and connections, which always puts them in a position of obligation to someone for doing them a solid. That's why they are going to be difficult with Biden's son. They think it's the same thing, but it isn't. One thing is not like the other. It may be low on the swamp meter but there is no quid to the quo. And that's what is going to help Biden break through that distraction.
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