Trump's mission to reopen the economy is his Hail Mary chance at reelection

[Zorro]

Public health experts worry that “reopening” the country too soon will be bad for public health. Economists worry it will be bad for the economy. The general public worries it will bad for, well, everyone.

So why is President Trump agitating to do so anyway, even encouraging insurrection against his own administration’s stay-at-home guidance?

Because it’s the only Hail Mary chance he has at reelection. And, sure, it probably won’t pay off. But just as he’s done his entire life, Trump has no problem gambling with other people’s money and well-being — even if the stakes could be fatal.

Pre-pandemic, Trump’s case for reelection could be summed up as: “But the economy.” Ignore the racism, misogyny, abuses of power, environmental destruction, kids in cages, the siphoning of taxpayer funds into Trump-owned golf cart rentals. The economy has been good! And, rightly or wrongly, voters credit him. So long as stocks are high and unemployment is low, Americans might be willing keep him in charge.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-mission-to-reopen-the-economy-is-his-hail-mary-chance-at-reelection/2020/04/20/7263fb1e-833c-11ea-a3eb-e9fc93160703_story.html

[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. Are you better off now than 4 years ago? What do you have to lose?

[2naSalit]

2. I don't know why nobody has

asked for MF45's resignation yet. We should demand it. Right now we are in a de-facto general strike of sorts. We hold the power of the economy and we should determine when we think it's safe to go to work again. Meanwhile, we could be making demands, we have, also in a de-facto sort of way, take away the one thing the idiot clings to, the economy, and if we don't give it back right away, guess what. We really do have the advantage in some respects.

[Sir Normie]

3. Yes, and it shall bring about the Hour of his Political Death

I'm betting he doesn't even make it to 12:00 AM, November 4th.

Amen

[keithbvadu2]

4. How appropriate! - "pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death"

How appropriate! - "pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death"