Boston Globe (Opinion): This is a catastrophic failure & Trump needs to resign over coronavirus

[kpete]

The United States has just over 4 percent of the world’s population, but had about one-third of all global coronavirus cases and one-quarter of the fatalities, as of Friday.

This is a catastrophic failure that can be laid largely at the feet of President Trump. Editorial boards and politicians — both Democratic and Republican — should be calling on him to resign immediately.

It’s not just the catalog of screw-ups that led us to this point — the playing down of the threat, the lack of testing, the spread of misinformation and lies, and the government-wide inattention to the issue. It’s that Trump represents an ongoing danger to the health and well-being of the American people.

Consider, for example, the strange case of hydroxychloroquine, the anti-malarial drug that Trump began publicly touting several weeks ago as a potential treatment for the coronavirus. “What do you have to lose?” the president asked, about a drug that had not been approved by the FDA for that purpose. It turns out the answer is “your life.”

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/25/opinion/say-it-loud-say-it-clear-donald-trump-needs-resign-over-his-handling-coronavirus/?event=event12

[AJT]

1. Finally a major newspaper calls for his resignation.

It took papers a split second to call for Bill Clinton's resignation during his impeachment.

[hughee99]

3. Actually, this is the regular theme of this writers op-Ed's

Removing Trump, impeaching Trump, or Trump resigning is what this writer usually discusses. This isn’t new.

https://www0.bostonglobe.com/contributors/mcohen

[sl8]

14. I don't think so.

It appears to be an opinion piece from one of their columnists, not from the paper's editors.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

37. It's a columnist, not the institutional voice of the editorial page's staff.

[2naSalit]

2. About F'ing time!!!

[Iliyah]

4. This does not take the senate republicans off the hook . . .

they had an opportunity to rid him re: impeachment, but instead they fueled him into more corrupt madness and look what happened, over 51,000 dead and still climbing.

[Blue_playwright]

17. Pence is a nightmare...

But I do think on his own would have done much better with governmental organization and division of power and funds during this.

[ProfessorGAC]

28. He Also Doesn't Have A Cult

Taking over for a disgraced CO doesn't give him any leverage.
He'd be just taking marching orders from Congress. Both bodies.

[OMGWTF]

31. Milk Pants is in a cult -- he's a Xitian Dominionist and is thrilled the end times are here.

He is happy to usher them in and will be worse because he doesn't come off as a nut job.

[ProfessorGAC]

35. Doesn't Provide Public Authority

And, that's including me agreeing with you about Jeebus boy.
Jerry Ford was an honorable guy, well respected. When he was prez, he was toothless & the butt of jokes.
Taking over for an administration in disgrace is a dead end.

[canetoad]

64. Two things worry me about Mike Pence

1. That he believes the Trump presidency, and by default his own vice presidency is god's will
2. That he doesn't believe this at all.

[Upthevibe]

41. ProfessorGAC...I agree with you too...

That's a big, big part of it. I've done research on cults, and I don't know if everyone realizes the huge part of the equation that plays (people on DU know but not the "average Democrat who votes" does).

[ProfessorGAC]

45. This Is Clearly A Cult Of Personality

It fits the definition.
From Merriam-Webster:

: a situation in which a public figure (such as a political leader) is deliberately presented to the people of a country as a great person who should be admired and loved.

[SharonAnn]

58. He'd never be able to get the non-evangelicals to adore him.

Can you imagine him leading a rally?

[Upthevibe]

38. Blue_Playwrite...I agreee. n/t

[JI7]

65. Pence doesn't have a cult like following

[UTUSN]

5. Hah, like he would have the integrity to resign! Many of us have marveled that

he is so bad that he makes us nostalgic for W. Shrub. But he makes even Tricky Dick look good!

[PatSeg]

26. He would only resign to save his own ass

He has no idea what integrity is.

[OMGWTF]

32. SDNY will be waiting for Shitler if he resigns.

[PatSeg]

50. I'm sure there will be a line

He's screwed over so many people, he just can't help himself.

[KPN]

6. YES.

Good on the Boston Globe for publishing this. Now if they’d just do an Editorial stating the same thing.

I also want to see CBS, ABC and NBC all make the same editorial statements on their evening news broadcasts. .... Holding my breath and waiting ... not really.

[sl8]

18. Are you sure?

This appears to be an opinion piece by a columnist.

You seem to be more familiar with The Boston Globe than I am - does Michael A. Cohen represent the views of the paper?

[KPN]

22. Oops. You're right -- it's an opinion piece. I let

my enthusiasm get the best of me. Guess I’ll do some editing ...

[sl8]

25. No worries.

The tone of most of the responses was making me wonder if I had overlooked something.

[keithbvadu2]

7. Whenever/however Trump is finally gone, many republicans will have a retroactive epiphany.

[LuckyLib]

46. And most will claim they never voted for him.

[keithbvadu2]

47. He brought us coffee at our local republican meeting.

He brought us coffee at our local republican meeting.

[malaise]

8. This should have 500 recs

or more

Resign you fucking incompetent piece of shit

[Timmygoat]

10. Also

Tell him to get a haircut!

[Maribelle]

16. It's delightful seeing Trump ...

"Hoist with his own petard" as Willy would say.

[malaise]

21. We've been waiting for this moment

since they stole it in 2016. It will only get worse from here

[maddiemom]

53. Just curious. Do you think if the results had been reversed in 2000...

and the Repugs had won the popular vote, but lost the presidency, do you think there's a snowball's chance that the GOP would let it have a chance to ever happen again in 2016 (or ever)? After 2016, would they STILL have done NOTHING about the electoral college?

[malaise]

54. Great post

but ReTHUGs have been stealing votes for a very long time. In hindsight Al Gore should have fought much harder but he and many Dems were too busy pretending that the system works. They and the fucking supremes should have been stopped ages ago.

[spanone]

9. FUCKING A

[calimary]

39. And Another FUCKING A

[spanone]

40. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[Stuart G]

11. K and R...Thank You for posting this.

[Scarsdale]

12. The entire administration should resign.

Like tRump, none of them were qualified for these positions. His top advisors are handbag designer (steals other people's ideas) Ivanka and slum lord Jared. He gave big donors positions they were not qualified for. His rich buddies from Mar-A-Lardo are telling the experienced people at the VA how to run things. It has been a total disaster from day one. Most of us knew he was not remotely qualified for the presidency. Even Lindsey Graham said "If we make Trump our nominee, it will be the end of the republican party. And, we will deserve it" THAT is on tape. Then came the golf game, and little Lindsey swung around to being the biggest fan - EVER. Someday, hopefully in the not-too-distant future, we will understand just what happened to the gop. Was it blackmail, cash or business deals? Whatever, it was to benefit Russia over this country. Putin has taken over the US government, without firing a single shot, or aiming one missile. Citizens are paying a very high price for this disaster of a presidency.

[dalton99a]

19. And go to prison.

[keithbvadu2]

48. Every republican running should have his image paired with an image of Trump saying "I take no respo

Every republican running should have his image paired with an image of Trump saying "I take no responsibility at all."

[Harker]

13. Certainly.

Not the first, but clearly the costliest example of his unassailably stupid, catastrophically inept, repulsive nature.

If republicant's were citizens worthy of the term, he would have been removed from office already.

[ooky]

15. I lay it all at McConnell and the rest of his Republican pukes who allow it to go on and on.

When this is over Republican leadership (which is now a glaring oxymoron) should be rounded up and all tried as traitors to the United States.

[dalton99a]

20. +1

[PatSeg]

23. Every day I've noticed that the U.S. cases

of Covid-19 are consistently 1/3 of the entire world and it never varies. What is even more concerning is the figure undoubtedly is much smaller than the real number, as we've barely tested 1% of the population.

[ProfessorGAC]

29. Same Elsewhere

There's no way to believe the numbers out of China, Russia, Iran, or India at this point.
4 big populations with grossly underreported numbers is going to really skew that 1/3rd.

[PatSeg]

49. Yes, that occurred to me as well

I think things are far worse than most people realize.

[ProfessorGAC]

52. I Have No Doubt

At those 4 countries, I think we should multiply by 5 then add a zero. At least.

[LiberalBrooke]

24. Where are all of the elected Republicans in this country?

I cannot believe they are not speaking up.

[OMGWTF]

33. Those snowflakes are scared they might be on the receiving end of a Tweetrage.

[wendyb-NC]

27. He most certainly does.

[Blue Owl]

30. Um... HELL YES!!!

Time to hoist this fuckstick up on his own petard -- get the tar and feathers out...

[McKim]

34. Finally!!!! Bravo!!!!

Finally and bravo, Boston Globe. We should have been on this three weeks ago. We should flood the phones of congress and demand that he resign. We have been behaving like a battered wife or an audience at the circus or vaudeville show. Enough already. He is too dangerous to leave him in office!!!

[NoMoreRepugs]

36. A great majority of the 60+ million Deplorables

vehemently disagree with this assessment of the TrumpenFuhrer.

Please let that sink in. Family, friends, neighbors, co-workers - Freakin’ IDIOTS live amongst us. Political differences are a thing of the past - this is a subset of the population whose influence needs to be minimized in every election for everything EVERYWHERE.

[SunSeeker]

42. 4% of the world's population, but 33% of cases and 25% of the world's fatalities!

Yes, that is a catastrophic failure, especially compared to how South Korea handled Covid-19.

[shockey80]

43. It's about time.

For weeks I have said news organizations across the country should do this.

[crickets]

44. Yes! More like this, please. Not just more opinion columnists,

we need some editors to take the responsibility to step up and say it. It's way past time.

[Pepsidog]

51. I have been saying this for months. Reporters should be asking this question of resignation. He

will not but start getting the idea out there.

[IronLionZion]

55. 53,471

there's a good chance he will defeat the Vietnam War's American death count this week and then gloat about it #winning

He has already defeated 9/11's single day death count several times

[bucolic_frolic]

56. Alarming that Trump didn't realize his recommendations were Quack Medicine

Shows he's bonkers, round the bend, lacking in the mental capacity to do the job of President.

[Lock him up.]

57. Re: bonkers

You see, he thinks he is the stable genius and everyone else in the room is bonkers.

He thinks he's the best leader in History, hires the best people, and has the best words.

(Among a recorded litany of other best-of brags of his.)

I say lock him up in a padded cell without his phone but with a teevee locked on faux noi$e.

[Cha]

59. Thank you for calling for the stupid assface to resign

Boston Globe!

[Mr.Bill]

60. If he resigns Pence will pardon him.

And that's probably what will happen when he loses the election.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

61. Loser Donald Chump is too cowardly to resign. He fears Putin's response.

[pmtrindade]

62. That first paragraph says it all

“ The United States has just over 4 percent of the world’s population, but had about one-third of all global coronavirus cases and one-quarter of the fatalities, as of Friday.”

It’s not go8ng to stay like that, Brazil is about to explode. Elections have consequences, and if you choose an incompetent populist for President because of racism, there’s going to be a cost.

[C Moon]

63. I'm beginning to think their plan is to COMPLETELY fuck up the U.S., and take all the $$ they can...

because they know they can't win in November.

[Alwaysna]

66. And then hand a clusterfuck over to Biden.

[C Moon]

67. Yep. Like they did with President Obama.