The issue is, and has always been, Donald Trump

The words of the President of the United States, matter. Even the words of this President, matter a great deal, and that, is the problem.

On a call with all the nation's Governors yesterday Donald Trump told a lie. A big lie. A lie so ridiculously easy to disprove that it set a new bar, even for him. The Governor of Montana was telling the President about the critical shortage of testing supplies and capacity in his, and  many other states. Trump's response to to interrupt and claim that there was no problem with testing, and that the US had done more testing than any other country.

Wait.. What?!?

The sad thing is this really isn't news. Donald Trump lies all the time. The fact is you would be very hard pressed to find a press conference or public speech by this President that didn’t contain deliberate out and out lies. 

This began on day one. With Trump's insane claims of crowd size at his Inauguration, and that he actually won the popular vote because millions of people voted illegally for Hillary Clinton. The list grew from there on a DAILY basis. Donald Trump’s lying has become so normal that to a large extent we as a nation have leaned to just live with it,

Up until now it was mostly an annoyance, and fodder for cable news panels and late night talk show hosts. For the last three plus years, defenders of this President have routinely told us this was, “Trump being Trump”. That Donald Trump says whatever he wants because it “Owns the Libs!” and that’s okay, because look at the results! - Well, we all can see the results now.

Now, it is “Trump being Trump” that is literally putting American lives at risk.

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The important thing to understand is,  not the fact that Trump lies all the time, about even inconsequential things. The issue that is putting all of our lives and the national security of the country at risk, is WHY he lies.

Donald Trump will say ANYthing in the moment, that he thinks will make him look good, sound good, or absolve him from responsibility or accountability for what he has, or has not done.

For Donald Trump, these ridiculously false claims affirm his sense of self. What this means is, when Trump thinks, acts or speaks about this crisis, his focus is NOT, how can he help Governors and Mayors in their efforts to combat the pandemic. But rather, how can he shift blame for his failures to do so, on to them.

For Donald Trump, his focus is NOT what does he, as the head of the Executive Branch of the Federal Government need to do improve the lives of millions of Americans. But rather, what does he need to SAY, regardless of whether or not it’s true, that will improve his re-election chances.

For Donald Trump, his focus is NOT how best to physically, economically and medically protect the country. But rather, how best to politically protect himself, and to that end, Donald Trump will literally SAY ANYTHING that he feels helps him, and blindly disregard any FACTS that he feels do not. 

When Donald Trump says testing is not a problem... Know that yes, it is. When Donald Trump says states don’t need that many ventilators.... Know that yes, they do. When Donald Trump says his administration is doing a fantastic job and critical supplies are being delivered to where they are needed most.... Know that no, they are not. 

The fact that Donald Trump wants to put a positive spin on a crisis is not the problem, The problem is, Donald Trump will disregard facts, evidence and even science that doesn’t support that spin.

The United States now has more confirmed cases of Covid-19 than China did at the height of their infection curve. It did not, and will not “magically disappear”. It is not, and has not been “totally under control”.

The fact, that the President of the United States is incapable of dealing with the reality of this crisis, because it threatens his ego; is literally killing Americans.

How the 2020 Race has now completely changed

Hey there folks...

For the most part I have been silent on the 2020  US Presidential race, as I waited for the Democratic Primary process to run its course. Yet as is often the case in politics, global events have totally taken things in a new direction.    Nations around the world  have taken drastic  steps to try to stem the spread of the Corna Virus.   While the United States response  has been,  to put it mildly....lacking.

Partly because the President of the United States chose to igmore the warnings from health experts around the globe and in his own Adninistration.   As this wasn't a problem he could Tweet his way out of  he instead chose to downplay  it,  then deny it,  they try to blame it on his poltical opponents.

As the virus spread more widely across  Asia, Europe and the the United States.  Trump still stuck to his fact-free talking points  that the problem was going to just go away,  or was getting better,  or  was a "hoax".    Meanwhile  the United States was doing NO testing  and even had gone so far as to turn down help from the World Health Organization to begin tests.  

Then the Stock market took a nosedive.

The one honest emotion and instinct Donald Trump has, is above all else,  self preservation.  Seeing his re-election campaign against  "democratic socialism"  about to be totally derailed.  He  spoke to  the nation in a rare televised Oval Office address.

It did not go well....

So... here we are.  Stores cleaned out of hand sanitizer and (of all things....) toilet papaer.   Americans told to  "social distance"  themselves from other people, while thousands of people are told to work from home,  or if they can't work remotely  just stay home on  unpaid leave from their jobs.

The 2020 General election campaign is now ALL about Covid19. And here are the key questions that every campaign ad from now until November needs to ask, (Questions Trump is desperately trying to AVOID.)

1) He was briefed on the virus in January and did NOTHING why?

2) The Pandemic Response desk at the NSA as disbanded by HIM - Why?

(We know why.. because it was put in place by Obama and  the Organge Foolious' ego can't stand anything the Black Guy did. Still it will be fun to watch him squirm, splutter and sweat cheeto dust everytime a reporter asks the question.)

3) The World Health Org. testing kits were refused by HIM - Why?

The total incompetence of the Trump Administration in responding to this crisis IS now the entire context of the 2020 Race and it is a context that Trump can't Tweet his way out of.

In the past week Donald Trump has shown himself to the a direct danger to the health and security of the American People. And THAT is now what is on the 2020 ballot. Not "socialism" not any Biden verbal gaffes, not AOC and the green new deal and not any fictitious border wall that Mexico still isn't paying for.

The  2020  election is now a referendum on the leadership of President Donald Trump.

Trump's incompetence in responding to a global pandemic is now the question. on the ballot. If the RNC hopes in anyway for the GOP to survive 2020 , they should dump Trump AND Pence and nominate Bill Weld and John Kasich.

Sadly the Republican Party is now just a pathetic "MAGA" cult and is deaf to anything but Trumptweets and Sean Hanity talking points. So.... Good luck with that.