Trump Chooses Disaster as His Re-Election Strategy

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By Charlie Warzel
March 27, 2020

Donald Trump’s re-election strategy had two potential paths this week. The first path would save millions of jobs, turn Trump into a populist hero for many and perhaps prevent another depression. The second path would court chaos, playing up the partisan divide, deflecting all blame for the coronavirus pandemic onto the media, China and the Obama White House, and praying that it ends up being enough to obscure his administration’s disastrous lack of preparation.

It’s a testament to Mr. Trump’s callousness that at this decisive moment, he chose the second path.

Already we see the carnage. Last week, more than three million Americans filed for unemployment benefits, in part because of a sclerotic government response to the virus shutdown.

The American bailout bill does far less for workers or the small businesses that employ them, while larger corporations reap expansive benefits.

And President Trump appears poised to urge workers in some areas back into the pandemic, possibly as soon as mid-April, to restart the economy — a maneuver health experts agree would cause cases to skyrocket, effectively losing the short-term fight against the virus.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/27/opinion/trump-coronavirus-response.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage

Skyrocketing unemployment? Check.
Screwing the little guy for the benefit of greedy bloodsuckers? Check.
Ensuring the body count from the virus is way higher than need be? CHECK.

How can he possibly lose???

Hell-hot

[dem4decades]

1. Donny Disaster, he's named himself.

[rooboy]

2. aka The Easter Donny n/t