Pavlovitz: This President Has Fallen to the Occasion

[highplainsdem]

https://johnpavlovitz.com/2020/10/08/this-president-has-fallen-to-the-occasion/

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We’re here because in the highest places of our Government we have such a staggeringly small man, and it is getting people killed as you read this. Tens of thousands Americans would be alive in this moment if not for this president and that’s simply reality.

Trump supporters, who even now have to finally admit that we are one of the only nations still unable to get control of this pandemic, would tell you that Trump is a victim of the unprecedented virus, he is not. He is a victim of his own ignorance and vanity and his inability to rise to the occasion when needed.

Every president faces the unexpected and the unthinkable during their tenures: international conflicts, terrorist attacks, public health crises, financial downturns, natural disasters—and these emergencies as much as any moments of national prosperity or peace, define them.

More than any star-spangled photo ops or staged displays of phony patriotism or carefully crafted paper tiger strength theater—real crisis reveals the character and competence of a leader.

Over and over, Donald Trump has fallen to the occasion.

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A very small snippet of another brilliant piece from John Pavlovitz, well worth reading in its entirety -- and posting all over social media.

[Cha]

1. KR.. TY hpd!

[The Magistrate]

2. As Has Been Said, Ma'am

"You will not rise to the occasion. You will default to your level of training."

[panfluteman]

3. When It Comes to the Crises and Challenges He Must Face, a President Cannot Pick and Choose

Donald Trump does not understand that, and either gives up or blames others. Instead of rising to the occasion, he feels victimized.

[BigmanPigman]

4. He isn't a POTUS, he IS a sociopathic narcissist

with sadistic tendancies. It doesn't matter where he is or what job he has, his mental illnesses are what drives his behavior.