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Welcome to the coronavirus workplace. Andy set up his desktop computer at the dining table. Fortunately, our modem is located just off the screen where JoAnna is working, which eliminated the need for an exceedingly long extension. I sit at my usual spot in the family room, blogging about the statistical aspects of the pandemic. I have found a few useful websites that track the number of cases for each state day by day. I know that Trump is eager to get back to his golf courses, but we are still weeks, if not months away from ‘flattening the curve’.
Take a look at a couple of examples.
Although neither states’ numbers – New Jersey and Louisiana -- are anywhere near as bad as New York’s, they’re growing exponentially. In New Jersey, the American Dream Mall saw its planned opening turn into a nightmare. Such a dubious project anyway – a mammoth shopping mall/entertainment complex, a concept that seems to have played out at the nearly 30-year-old Mall of America. The owners are going to have quite the public relations challenge on their hands once it’s safe to gather in large groups again.
According to a Brookings study published a few days ago, the two areas of the U.S. that are prime candidates for a worst-case recession are Las Vegas and Orlando, both of them very depending on travel, tourism, and entertainment spending. As for Louisiana, where New Orleans is the epicenter, I wonder how many folks who attended Mardi Gras are still walking around infecting people.
Speaking of Trump. Hillary hit the nail on the head. As self-absorbed as he is, he has no capacity of lead, whether it’s in government or business. His “success” lies on the foundation of daddy’s money.
Born to wealth and privilege, Trump is
capacity to lead, whether it’s in government or business. His “success” lies on the
foundation of his daddy’s money. Born to wealth and privilege, Trump is used to having things his way, to winning. And when he feels threatened or overshadowed (as he always does, in the latter case, when compared to Obama), he reacts like a 6 year old, which is the age at which his emotional development was stunted. He fumes, he taunts, he bullies, he lies. He embodies all of the worst characteristics of a provincial New Yorker taken to ultimate extreme: bombast, braggadocio, bluster, cocksureness, hubris – best exemplified an observation he made in early 2016.
"I could stand In the middle Of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose any voters"
In my estimation, Trump’s demand “to have the country opening up and raring to go” by Easter is most likely based on selfish concerns. His businesses are taking a hit, and his handwringing is a further sign that ‘conflict of interest’ has never been a concern during his presidency. On the contrary, being president is just another means to enhance his personal enrichment.
I could fill the page with similar headlines.
Give Trump’s 2016 campaign
strategists credit . They correctly read the mood of a particular subset of the electorate: white, older, rural, less educated, and economically struggling voters. Fortunately, it’s not a sustainable demographic. The 2018 midterm election and Joe Biden’s Democratic primary resurrection indicate that the 2020 presidential elections won’t be an instant replay of 2016. (As long as we have the opportunity to vote, he adds ominously.)
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