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Source:Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN
Updated 12:01 AM ET, Wed September 2, 2020
he fatal flaw of President Donald Trump's botched pandemic response has been a yearning for a quick return to normality that is dangerous and unattainable while the coronavirus still lies in wait.
And now he may be making the same mistake again.
When he is not diverting attention from the health crisis by stoking controversy over racial injustice and unrest in US cities, Trump has returned to his aggressive push to get the economy firing on all cylinders. A new demand for a full slate of college football games follows his earlier demands for all kids and students to get back to class.
But while the President is surely channeling the fatigue of millions of Americans with the pandemic, his demand for reopening without offering solutions that could restore a semblance of regular life safely is another apparent sign he's prioritizing his political prospects over science.
With 185,000 Americans already dead, White House officials are hoping that Trump's dive into cultural warfare following protests and unrest over police brutality will to some extent cover over his liabilities on the pandemic, sources told CNN reporters. Following last week's Republican National Convention that largely ignored the virus, Trump is making yet another premature declaration of victory over the worst public health disaster in 100 years.
"We've done a great job in Covid but we don't get the credit," Trump said on Fox News on Monday.
More of the article....[link:https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/02/politics/donald-trump-coronavirus-election-2020-biden/index.html|
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No way, Donnie, do you get credit for a shitty job now that close to 186,000 people have died on your watch from COVID-19..........
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