The failures of the US war against the COVID-19 coronavirus are the result of an almost complete breakdown of intelligence. No, I’m not referring to wartime intelligence in the traditional sense. I’m certain that our national security agencies, such as the CIA, NSA, MI, DIA, ONI and MCIA have all provided accurate and valuable information to their Commander-in-Chief. I’m equally sure the NIH and CDC have provided sufficient warnings and plans for dealing with the pandemic. So, too, have the members of the previous administration.
The lack of intelligence to which I refer is inside one tangerine-tinted, combover-covered head. The one attached to the pussy-grabbing, pot-bellied, golf playing, narcissistic, self-described “Stable Genius” in the White House.
Trump was warned about the possibility of a pandemic even before COVID-19 spread across China. But, instead of preparing for the inevitable, he labeled it a Democratic and media hoax. As South Korea stemmed the spread of the virus through comprehensive testing, Trump refused test kits available from the World Health Organization, demanding that the US create its own. As the death toll from the virus climbed in Italy, Trump told Americans that the virus would end when the weather warmed. And when the number of US cases and deaths skyrocketed in Washington state, he refused federal help calling the state’s Democratic governor a “snake.”
So America is, once again, number one. Only this time it’s in a category no other nation wants to claim. We are now leading the world in the number of COVID-19 cases.
It is Trump’s ignorance that is responsible for the failure to react promptly. It is his corrosive leadership that has led to unnecessary pain and death. It is the Donald who must take responsibility for jeopardizing the lives of medical workers by failing to supply them with personal protection equipment (PPE). He is the reason states are now caught in a bidding war with each other and the federal government for PPE and ventilators. He is the one who displays no sign of remorse, concern for victims, or empathy for the families of the dead and dying.
Yet, despite his obvious failures, Trump wears out his arms by patting himself on the back. His “news” conferences are filled with compliments for himself. He is “great,” “brilliant,” “the best-ever.” At the same time he voices insults for those who fail to sufficiently kowtow at his feet.
He is not the leader of the world, or even of America. He is merely the leader of a hateful, evangelical horde of hallelujah hypocrites who think he was sent by God. (More likely, he was sent by the grim reaper.) One can only assume that they believe their tangerine messiah will lead them to their rapture more quickly. If that’s the case, for once, they just may be correct.