"Donald J. Trump defeats COVID": The absurd Soviet-style propaganda campaign around his illness

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"Donald J. Trump defeats COVID": The absurd Soviet-style propaganda campaign around his illness
Mixing the worst totalitarian traditions with uniquely American narcissism, the Trump regime tries to deny reality

HEATHER DIGBY PARTON
OCTOBER 5, 2020 1:05PM


(Salon) Four years ago, almost to the day, Donald Trump was on the campaign trail mocking Hillary Clinton's bout of pneumonia and insisting that contracting such an illness rendered her too weak and unfit to be the president. The campaign ran what was called by some the nastiest political ad ever, called "Dangerous." It depicted Clinton as a doddering invalid who was so incapacitated she couldn't handle foreign policy and national security.

It's not news that Donald Trump is a crude and cruel piece of work, of course. But it's worth recalling that ugly incident because it provided a window into his twisted psyche and the way he views his "brand" as being a virile strongman with superior genes. One aspect of that brand is that he isn't one of those losers who gets sick.

Perhaps the best way to understand exactly how Trump wants people to view him is to read the ludicrous letter he dictated to his New York physician, Dr. Jacob Bornstein, during the 2016 campaign, in which he described himself as potentially "the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency," whose "physical strength and stamina are extraordinary."

Various reports have trickled out since we found out that Trump had tested positive for COVID-19, revealing that at first he was in denial about having been exposed to the virus, so much so that he flew around the country, further exposing hundreds of his supporters and donors to it. When he finally realized that he was sick, Trump reportedly got scared, asking his staff if he was "going to go out like Stan Chera," an old friend of his from the New York real estate world who died of the disease last spring. .............(more)

https://www.salon.com/2020/10/05/donald-j-trump-defeats-covid-the-absurd-soviet-style-propaganda-campaign-around-his-illness/

[Thomas Hurt]

1. The Pig's whole admin has been littered with totalitarian propaganda.

Most of his "accomplishments" are half assed exec orders and other bullshit that are then paraded around as the best any President has ever done for [insert group here]