Trump's disconnect with DC widens during viral pandemic
WASHINGTON (AP) — District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser’s cellphone rang earlier this week from an unfamiliar number: It was the White House calling to say President Donald Trump wanted to talk.
The president congratulated Washington’s mayor on $876 million in federal coronavirus relief going to the Washington-area Metro system — money that was welcome but not under the mayor’s jurisdiction, instead going to a regional transportation authority.
Bowser used the moment to remind Trump that the District — a city of 700,000 people that includes more than 150,000 federal workers — got $700 million less in coronavirus relief money than each of the 50 states because it was classified as a territory at Senate Republicans’ insistence in the first round of federal relief passed by Congress.
As a candidate, Trump spoke warmly of the nation’s capital and said he wanted “whatever is best” for its residents. But over the course of his more than three years in office a disconnect between the president and District of Columbia has emerged. The public differences have only become more stark during the pandemic.
“It is very important that the District is made whole, and that the District gets what it’s owed,” Bowser said this week after her talk with Trump.
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In this May 22, 2020, photo, an image of Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci with the word "Hope" hangs from the window of a row house in Washington. As a candidate for the White House, President Donald Trump once said he wanted “whatever is best” for the residents of the nation’s capital. But over the course of his more than three years in office a disconnect between the president and District of Columbia has emerged -- a chasm that has only grown during the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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He not worth a plug nickel.
And the press was all over every statement he made, looking for some hint of untruth. In the 48 months he was in office, he only got positive reactions from the press for the first two months, after walking down Pennsylvania Avenue with his family. After that, it was all downhill. 
And now we have Trump and it would be a major news story if he ever managed to utter the truth just once... Not to mention all the money he still owes the venues where he held his "rallies," including D.C. 
And they let him off easy since there aren't enough news hours in the day to report on everything dishonest, reprehensible or outrageous that he's done.
