Ex-Bush aide lays blame for new coronavirus spike: 'This is Trump's plague now'
Trump's Plague has a nice ring to it.
LEE MORAN
Jun 30th 2020 8:43AM
The blame for the second spike of the coronavirus that the United States is currently enduring can be squarely laid on President Donald Trump, said an ex-speechwriter for former President George W. Bush.
“The first coronavirus spike, in late April, can be blamed on President Donald Trump’s negligence. The second spike, in June, is his own doing,” David Frum argued Monday in a new column for The Atlantic, where he now works as a senior editor.
“This is Trump’s plague now,” he added.
Frum noted how the earlier sacrifices made by people mandated to stay-at-home for weeks had now been thrown away with the premature reopening of the country for the sake of economy, without the proper safety measures in place to combat the spread of the contagion.
What “has happened in the U.S. in June, and what will happen in July, is entirely Trump’s fault,” said Frum.
“This time, though, reality will not be blustered away,” he continued. “Tens of thousands are dead, and millions are out of work, all because Trump could not and would not do the job of disease control—a job that includes setting a positive example to those Americans who trust and follow his leadership.”
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