"The president's pathology is endangering not just institutions, but lives."

[Demovictory9]

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/05/opinion/trump-coronavirus.html

Faced with a historic public health crisis, Trump could have assembled a first-rate company of disaster preparedness experts. Instead he gave the job to his son-in-law, a man-child of breathtaking vapidity. Faced with a historic economic crisis, Trump could have assembled a team of Nobel-prize winning economists or previous treasury secretaries. Instead he talks to Larry Kudlow, a former CNBC host.

Meanwhile, Fauci and Birx measure every word they say like old-time apothecaries, hoping not to humiliate the narcissist — never humiliate a narcissist — while discreetly correcting his false hopes and falsehoods. They are desperately attempting to create a safe space for our president, when the president should be creating a safer nation for all of us.

[JHB]

1. Endangering institutions is part of what's endangering lives

He spent three years pulling apart the institutions that sere set up to deal with this sort of crisis.