c_hawkbob wrote:I cannot disagree with you more. You have always pooh pooh'd the damage Trump caused by triggering the worst in the worst elements of our society and by his making racism and hate and ignorance OK again. It'd be laughable if it wasn't so sad.
That part, ie the psychological effect, which is not to be discounted, I completely agree with you on and represents the bulk of my objections to that POS. But we'll get over it soon after he leaves office.
c_hawkbob wrote:This pandemic in and of itself would have been next to nothing has Trump not fired the Pandemic response team (including monitors permanently stationed in China to identify such a problem and work to keep it from ever leaving China in spite of any mistakes made by the Chinese) and thrown out the pandemic response playbook. There would have been no months of denial and actively working against the scientific and medical communities. We would have been right there along with most of the rest of the world in keeping this thing in fair check. (Like Canada for instance) ...
Everything going on right now, from the pandemic running wild in our country to the BLM movement gaining so much steam in counter to his "get tough with them" (but not the white ones!) routine, is traceable directly to this joker, and you have been wrong about the effect he's had on this country every step of the way. Time to start taking this clown much more seriously. Just because the markets are weathering this storm doesn't mean the country is.
The pandemic would never have been "next to nothing" no matter what Trump did or didn't do. There's no way in hell any response team was going to prevent a new virus that at the time we knew next to nothing about and is as communicable as COVID from leaving the most populous country on the planet and entering the 3rd most populous country. That's an over exaggeration and you know it. One way or another, it was going to hit us and hit us hard, the only question being how hard.
As far as the post March 1st events, I agree, but you're missing my point. Most of our problems have occurred in the past 6 months and can be either directly or indirectly linked to the pandemic, and I hold Trump primarily responsible for its severity. I can't remember the specific percentages we attached to Trump and the R's (and that you agreed with) regarding the sharing of blame for the pandemic, but Trump is IMO the single most responsible individual for the depth of the crisis that we face today. I'm taking him dead seriously, which is why I've been so passionate about seeing him leave office. This will be the first Dem I've voted for POTUS in my life. That alone has to say something about how serious I take this clown to be.
My point is that our country was on relatively sound footing prior to March 1st. It's pretty hard to argue the opposite when we were experiencing peace and prosperity.