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Kid Berwyn

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Fri Jun 26, 2020, 10:19 AM Jun 2020

Why Is Trump So Enthusiastic About Americans Dying? [View all]



What is it about right-wing leaders embracing death by pandemic? If Trump was the only leader in the world doing this, it might make it easier to figure out. But wealthy oligarchs who have taken over countries around the world are doing the same thing.

by Thom Hartmann
CommonDreams, June 25, 2020

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Why did he spend two months denying the obvious fact that this virus was coming to the United States and was deadly, leaving us utterly unprepared?

Why does he refuse to set a good example for Americans by wearing a face mask? Is he more concerned about smearing his makeup than the death of 200,000 Americans?

Why did he order his goons to intercept shipments of personal protective equipment and ventilators going to blue states? Where is all that equipment that he hijacked, and does he plan to offer it exclusively to red state governors? Is all this death just about politics?

Why is he shutting down testing sites in multiple states next week after bragging in his Tulsa rally that he told his people to “slow down“ the testing?

Is it possible he’s trying to let things get so bad that a vaccine in the fall will be seen as an effective October Surprise? Is that why the vaccine companies have gotten billions of federal dollars in what Trump calls “Operation Warp Speed” while rural hospitals across the country continue to close?

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https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/06/25/why-trump-so-enthusiastic-about-americans-dying

I think the fascists and oligarchs want to get rid of us because the Spaceship Earth they’ve despoiled is running out of air, water, food and all the rest they now want to hoard. What do you think?
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