"The bottom line is that like so much of
what is happening in America right now, the coronavirus crisis isn’t
just about Trump. His intellectual and emotional inadequacy, his
combination of megalomania and insecurity, are certainly contributing to
the problem; has there ever been a president so obviously not up to the
job? But in refusing to face uncomfortable facts, in attributing all
bad news to sinister conspiracies, he’s actually just being a normal man
of his faction.
"In 2020 we’re relearning the lessons of 2008 — namely, that America’s right-wingers can’t handle the truth." -- Paul Krugman, drawing a direct line from the Republican conspiracy- mongering, lying and allergy to facts during the 2008 financial meltdown to today's coronavirus crisis.
