"... [T]his White House infection cluster is a perfect microcosm of Trump's world-historical faceplant on the coronavirus response. The president did not even try to protect the country, talked himself and his party into believing that the virus was not a threat, and ultimately failed to protect himself, his wife, and half his top staff. [snip]
"Again we see part of the reason why Trump has bungled the pandemic so horrendously: He can't even begin to consider the welfare of other people. Not even the gun-toting people who are paid to protect him merit a single thought — Trump will casually risk their lives for a completely pointless five-minute excursion to see his fans waving at him. (As any Roman emperor could have told you, always make sure the Praetorian Guards are happy and satisfied.) A necessary precondition to doing something about a pandemic is thinking it is bad when others get sick or die, but Trump does not care about anyone but himself.
"All these political pathologies mean that a rational, effective
response to the pandemic was never in the cards. It requires a
willingness to listen to scientific experts, honesty, and a concern for
the lives of others. Trump has none of these, and neither does his
party. So long as he remains in office, Americans will have to work
around our national leader to fight this problem." -- Ryan Cooper on "President Superspreader" in The Week. Judging from the recent polls, COVID Donnie's "world-historical faceplant on the coronavirus response" is what's finally convincing voters who are going to the polls right now that he needs to go.
