Trump is known to be absolutely fetishistic about cleanliness, but he dropped his guard here simply because he doesn't think the disease is any real threat.
The voters might think differently if the disease continues to spread all over the country.
It just gets better:
BREAKING: The Florida House of Representatives chamber was evacuated around 3:45 p.m. today because some members may have had contact with a person at CPAC. https://t.co/ASOMP07HQG— Alachua Chronicle (@AlachuaChronic1) March 9, 2020
What impeachment couldn't do, could the outrage over Trump's indifference to the coronavirus mark the end of his tenure as president?
The obvious factor distinguishing the coronavirus and the probable recession from the Access Hollywood tape, firing James Comey, and all the rest is that they have a tangible impact on the lives of Americans. (Or, to put it more precisely, Americans who have voting representation, unlike Puerto Ricans.) Trump’s continuous din of scandals and gaffes is unintelligible to many Americans who either do not follow the news closely, or follow Trump-controlled news organs, and who have instead judged his presidency by the direct experience of peace and prosperity. Trump has done one very big thing very well: He rebranded the economic expansion he inherited as his own creation, like the licensing deals he makes to splash the Trump name over hotels and resorts other people built. Trump’s handling of the coronavirus turns his greatest strength into perhaps his greatest liability.
A somewhat less obvious factor is that Trump’s own mismanagement has demonstrably contributed to these disasters. The entire crisis has grown out of Trump’s constitutional aversion to long-term planning. In his autobiography, Trump boasted that he does not even plan his days, but simply reacts to events as they happen. That process is now dominated by cable news, and especially the stock market, which is Trump’s narrow and highly distorted prism for understanding the entire economy. He dissolved the skilled team of pandemic experts he inherited from Obama on the overt calculation that it wasn’t a priority. “Who would have thought … we’d be having this subject?” he mused.
His neglect is damning on the coronavirus issue.
Meanwhile, the entire nation of Italy is in lockdown:
Jim Bakker continues to be in hot water over the Silver Solution product he peddles on his show.
As for the Trump administration's delays with this disease, people are at a loss what to do next.
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