Trump fights to keep a job he shows no interest in performing

[Zorro]

Opinion by Max Boot

Imagine if, in November 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt had decided to check out of World War II because it wasn’t going as well as he had hoped. Imagine if he had secluded himself in the Oval Office, listening to the radio all day, laughing at “Fibber McGee and Molly” and cursing at Walter Winchell’s news program. Imagine if, instead of attending meetings with his military chiefs, he spent his time purging government officials who weren’t loyal New Dealers and screaming about supposed fraud in the midterm elections (a big Republican victory).

That’s roughly where we stand today with President Trump and the coronavirus. A million new cases of covid-19 were recorded in the United States last week. On Saturday alone, we lost more than 1,300 people — equivalent to some three Boeing 747 crashes. To put our tragedy in perspective: As economist Jeremy Horpedahl pointed out, South Dakota (pop. 885,000) has about 25 percent more covid-19 deaths than South Korea (pop. 51 million). On the current trajectory, the United States will lose more lives by March 1 — roughly 440,000 — than the number of Americans who died in all of World War II.

Yet instead of providing leadership in a time of crisis, Trump prefers to golf, nurse his grudges and try to overturn the results of the election. The Post reports that “the president has not attended a coronavirus task force meeting in ‘at least five months,’” “is no longer regularly briefed on the pandemic by his team of doctors,” “rarely reads the daily virus reports” prepared by his staff and “has all but ceased to actively manage the deadly pandemic.”

Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus response coordinator, asked Trump to call for reducing in-person dining in restaurants and bars. Anthony S. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, asked him to stress the importance of mask-wearing and to let health officials work with the Biden transition team. Trump has simply ignored these urgently needed requests.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/11/16/trump-fights-keep-job-he-shows-no-interest-performing/

[redstatebluegirl]

1. It is all about his father's idea of a loser.

This crazy man has spent his whole life trying to please a father who would never have approved of him. Trump's ego is built on not being a loser. There are not enough doctors to help this man at this point, he is totally mentally unbalanced.

He never wanted to be President, he just wanted revenge on Obama.

[NCDem47]

3. He only wanted the the perks, privileges, prestige of the presidency.

But none of the work.

I'm sure if we go back to DU posts in 2016, we would find many here predicted this. Only because that seems to be his nature. It was clear to many.

Entitled a**hole who thought it should all be handed to him. You KNOW this loss is eating at his insecurities. He is fully aware of them.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

2. The PAST is catching up to Trump, and it scares the shit out of him.

Of his schemes, dirty dealings, and being totally BROKE.

Orange will become the new Black.. Time to pay the Piper, Donnie Boy.