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WAPO OP ED quote:"Trump remains fully confident in the ability of his magical reality-bending powers
"And Trump remains fully confident in the ability of his magical reality-bending powers to make the coronavirus disappear as a factor in people’s minds:"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/07/07/trump-is-deep-trouble-his-own-allies-are-privately-admitting-why/
Trump is in deep trouble. His own allies are privately admitting why.
Opinion by Greg Sargent Columnist July 7, 2020 at 10:30 a.m. EDT
CNN reports that Trump allies and top Republicans are “only now coming to the realization” that mask-wearing will be key to containing the coronavirus’s resurgence. With cases rampaging once again, White House officials are “discussing taking a more active role in encouraging masks.”
In short, Trump’s allies are admitting what numerous experts have said for months: That in order to seriously get back on track to economic recovery, we have to tame the virus first. And they’re admitting that this is a key reason he’s in trouble.
Yet CNN also reports that Trump himself still won’t embrace mask-wearing. Unlike many elected Republicans, Trump refuses to set an example himself, and his speech at Mount Rushmore marking the Fourth of July featured a largely maskless audience — a spectacle his propagandists are treating as a glorious triumph.
And Trump remains fully confident in the ability of his magical reality-bending powers to make the coronavirus disappear as a factor in people’s minds:
