If tuning in to President Trump’s pressers grants him so much validation, guess what we should do
Trump surely has to understand both the shock value of such foolishness and our numbness to it. The president quit being a reality host to run for president, but the reality host didn’t quit him. So especially when lives hang in the balance of every presidential presser, the best thing we may be able to do is turn him off. It is likely a waste of time Americans using this coronavirus-enforced time of solitude to suddenly awaken to the president’s act.
This is a pandemic that he inarguably made worse with his negligence, and Americans will keep dying by the thousands because he won’t change. Republican sycophants like Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blame his failings on everything from the press to impeachment. Yet his validation doesn’t come purely from outside perception, unless it helps him build grudges, something at which to punch back.
What Trump may not have expected is how the actions we have to undertake to prevent the spread of the coronavirus might stymie his egotism. It has inspired collective public action on a level perhaps unseen since World War II. Yes, we are staying home as much as possible out of self-interest, but the mechanics of the disease that physically separates us, by its nature, also forces us to work together to mitigate its effects.
We now see our societal faults in sharper relief, ranging from unfair labor practices to a porous health system to the various actions of a Republican Party that has manipulated the coronavirus emergency to further their platform. The ramifications of hiring a reality-show host as president also appear even more frightening than usual.Still, we should not be amazed that 47.
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