Trump's Oval Office failure
An Oval Office speech is supposed to project the full authority of the president and set forth a plan of action to deal with an ongoing threat or crisis. From the Oval Office, presidents declare war and respond to calamities. They provide comfort and stability. Wednesday night, however, President Trump merely reinforced the widespread impression that he is in over his head handling a worldwide pandemic.
Struggling to read from the teleprompter and sounding breathless at times, he did not look well. The Post reported:
For the 11 minutes he addressed the nation Wednesday, Trump turned in a laboring performance — one intended to project calm competence that instead seemed to reveal uncertainty. Seated behind the Resolute Desk, the president struggled at moments to read the words on the teleprompter. He clasped his hands and twiddled his thumbs. He spoke with a curious affect, his voice sounding raspy and his delivery lacking the passion typically evident in his speeches.
The content of his speech surely did nothing to make us feel any better. Perhaps it has dawned on him that the bull market has ended on his watch and that he is about to face potentially thousands of new coronavirus cases. (He nevertheless continues to brag about the economy as the markets crater.)
Trump, of course, used the time to congratulate himself on handling everything so well. Even Republican governors acknowledge that the lack of swift federal action, including widespread testing, has been a debacle. Trump declares things would have been much worse if not for his preparation. As cases and deaths continue to increase in the coming days and weeks, that ludicrous lie will likely become apparent.
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