The worst president. Ever.

4/5/20
Until now, I have generally been reluctant to label Donald Trump the worst president in U.S. history. So I have written, as I did on March 12, that Trump is the worst president in modern times — not of all time. That left open the possibility that James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, Franklin Pierce, Warren Harding or some other nonentity would be judged more harshly. But in the past month, we have seen enough to take away the qualifier “in modern times.” With his catastrophic mishandling of the coronavirus, Trump has established himself as the worst president in U.S. history. His one major competitor for that dubious distinction remains Buchanan, whose dithering helped lead us into the Civil War — the deadliest conflict in U.S. history. Buchanan may still be the biggest loser. But there is good reason to think that the Civil War would have broken out no matter what. By contrast, there is nothing inevitable about the scale of the disaster we now confront. When Trump was first asked publicly about the virus, on Jan. 22, he said, “We have it totally under control. It’s one person coming in from China.” In the days and weeks after Azar alerted him about the virus, Trump spoke at eight rallies and golfed six times as if he didn’t have a care in the world.

The situation is so dire, it is hard to wrap your mind around it. The Atlantic notes: “During the Great Recession of 2007–2009, the economy suffered a net loss of approximately 9 million jobs. The pandemic recession has seen nearly 10 million unemployment claims in just two weeks. Far worse is the human carnage. We already have more confirmed coronavirus cases than any other country. Trump claimed on Feb. 26 that the outbreak would soon be “down to close to zero.” Now he argues that if the death toll is 100,000 to 200,000 — higher than the U.S. fatalities in all of our wars combined since 1945 — it will be proof that he’s done “a very good job.” Trump is characteristically working hardest at blaming others — China, the media, governors, President Barack Obama, the Democratic impeachment managers, everyone but his golf caddie — for his blunders. His mantra is: “I don’t take responsibility at all.” It remains to be seen whether voters will buy his excuses. But whatever happens in November, Trump cannot escape the pitiless judgment of history. Somewhere, a relieved James Buchanan must be smiling.

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Rogue Valley said:

Now he argues that if the death toll is 100,000 to 200,000 — higher than the U.S. fatalities in all of our wars combined since 1945 — it will be proof that he’s done “a very good job.”

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Rogue Valley said:

The worst president. Ever.

The.Worst.President.Ever

Trump was formally advised of the devastating nature of the coronavirus on January 22, although the global community and the WHO were acutely aware of the danger since in mid-December 2019.

Below is how Donald Trump spent his precious time preparing the United States for the looming deadly battle with COVID-19.....

Trump held political rallies on:
—Jan 9th
—Jan 14th
—Jan 28th
—Jan 30th
—Feb 10th
—Feb 19th
—Feb 20th
—Feb 21st
—Feb 28th

Trump visits to his Mar-a-Lago playground:
Dec 20
Dec 21
Dec 22
Dec 23
Dec 24
Dec 25
Dec 26
Dec 27
Dec 28
Dec 29
Dec 30
Dec 31
Jan 1
Jan 2
Jan 3
Jan 4
Jan 5
Jan 17
Jan 18
Jan 19
Jan 31
Feb 1
Feb 2
Feb 14
Feb 15
Feb 16
Mar 6
Mar 7
Mar 8
Mar 9

Trump golfed on:
—Jan 18th
—Jan 19th
—Feb 1st
—Feb 15th
—Mar 7th
—Mar 8th

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TypicalRussian said:

My God, obsessed much?

Also, the dems holded MANY rallies and had an election during this time too

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Rogue Valley said:

The Dems aren't in power. The buck stops on the desk in the Oval Office.

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Rogue Valley said:

The worst president. Ever.

The.Worst.President.Ever

Trump was formally advised of the devastating nature of the coronavirus on January 22, although the global community and the WHO were acutely aware of the danger since in mid-December 2019.

Below is how Donald Trump spent his precious time preparing the United States for the looming deadly battle with COVID-19.....

Trump held political rallies on:
—Jan 9th
—Jan 14th
—Jan 28th
—Jan 30th
—Feb 10th
—Feb 19th
—Feb 20th
—Feb 21st
—Feb 28th

Trump visits to his Mar-a-Lago playground:
Dec 20
Dec 21
Dec 22
Dec 23
Dec 24
Dec 25
Dec 26
Dec 27
Dec 28
Dec 29
Dec 30
Dec 31
Jan 1
Jan 2
Jan 3
Jan 4
Jan 5
Jan 17
Jan 18
Jan 19
Jan 31
Feb 1
Feb 2
Feb 14
Feb 15
Feb 16
Mar 6
Mar 7
Mar 8
Mar 9

Trump golfed on:
—Jan 18th
—Jan 19th
—Feb 1st
—Feb 15th
—Mar 7th
—Mar 8th

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Rogue Valley said:

The worst president. Ever.

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