Fauci doesn’t seem to be on his side
I suppose it was only a matter of time before Trump decided to try to demonstrate that he’s smarter than Anthony Fauci.
[I]t’s becoming clearer and clearer that reopening the country is Trump’s only plan for reviving the economy. The new stimulus package is, as Trump accurately declared, dead on arrival. The Federal Reserve is low on options. The White House has now essentially bet everything that states loosening restrictions will spur growth in time for November’s election. Fauci’s words of caution are an obstacle at a moment when the economic outlook is grim.
Has anyone bothered to tell Trump that rolling out the red carpet for a pandemic and waiting for the applause as tens of thousands more people die is not a winner either? Just saying “Fauci’s wrong Fauci’s wrong Fauci’s wrong” isn’t going to kneecap the virus. And you know what else? Causing another surge of the virus isn’t going to bring the economy back; rather the reverse.
Plus there’s that whole thing of risking thousands or tens of thousands of lives for the sake of his personal greed for attention. It’s not a great look.
Trump is frustrated that Fauci is eclipsing him in surveys on public trust, most recently the CNN/SSRS poll this week. Officials say Trump has long held out some resentment that Fauci is respected and liked by people he has struggled to convert.
Diddums. It’s so unfair that we trust Fauci more on issues to do with contagious diseases and how to manage them than we do Trump. Trump knows how to con people into buying crap condos! All Fauci knows is a lot of stuff about diseases and contagion and treatments. It should be no contest!
Trump’s irritation at being publicly undermined has been evident in conversations with his friends and aides, when he’s complained that Fauci doesn’t seem to be on his side.
Waaaah, my side, me me me me me me me, waaaaah, he should be kissing my ass, waaaaah, everything is about me.
Oh, I dunno.
I bet people listening outside the White House can faintly hear a ‘glug, glug, glug’ sound as Trump acts on the best advice he can find (ie his own) and sinks bottle after bottle of disinfectant. Just to be on the safe side. Prevention is better than cure. Stuff like that.
With lots and lots of Trump voters following suit.
LET’S HOPE SO.
In Trump’s case at any rate.
Meanwhile, I have a nephew posting glowing Trump praises on his Facebook page while my son says “What went wrong with him?” Meaning my nephew. My nephew has been that way his entire adult life; my sister was that way. My father is that way. I’m not sure what my son thinks has changed. It’s just, they were kids together, and he still thinks of my nephew as the cute little boy who used to tag along with the bigger kids hoping for attention. In reality, I think he is still doing that.
My nephew has never accomplished anything. He quits before he gets a tenth of the way into something. He resents those who have more than him (which is most) because he has an elevated sense of entitlement, and feels they must have gotten it by taking it from him. So he loves it when Trump trash talks smart people.
I guess he’s not satisfied with owning Dr. Birx’s soul: he has to have Fauci’s too.