What would you have him do? What have most nations and their leaders done?
If they could spray the country with vaccine from crop dusters, they would. But there's no vaccine.
They can ask us to stay home. They have, repeatedly. Many don't.
They can tell us to wash our hands. They have told us. Many are but to many it's a theme for hilarious memes. Not that laughter is bad.
They flubbed the testing at the onset and are playing catchup. True.
This pandemic is just that, a pandemic. Short of declaring martial law (which for President Trump, would fly like a lead balloon, especially early on) they have to ask for our willing cooperation.
Whether anybody on the planet likes it or doesn't, President Trump is the US president. He is ham-handed and fights dirty. So does everybody else.
It would be an interesting exercise if each of us could, even for one hour, comprehend what it's like to be responsible for 327.2 million people, (half of whom hate you), their economy, their health, and their continual reviews of the job you're doing.
It was a stupid thing to say. He may have meant it, or it may be another of his mis-guided missiles directed at the press.
Whatever else President Trump is, he is not a statesman. I regret that sometimes, but at this moment in time, it matters little to me.
There probably ARE masks being sold for profit. Even hospitals hire people and people seize opportunities, sometimes unethical ones. That doesn't matter to me either. What matters is that the people who can DO something are at the hospitals and clinics and doctor's offices, DOING something, and I am grateful for them.
Editing and critiquing is done after the fact, at leisure.
What he has done is, with some but surprisingly limited difficulty, managed a stimulus package to offer people some hope. That matters.
