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Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
7. I'm leaning towards this too.
Sat May 9, 2020, 01:30 PM
May 2020

He is suppressing testing in the hopes that he can spin lower numbers as a "success" story, and that it's really his second strategy after realizing that he can never provide enough tests to surveil and contain the virus.

The only thing I'd add is that I think there was a pivot at some point where sadism and aggression entered his approach. The outpouring of outrage by the public always puts him on the defensive and he retaliates by either doing nothing or exacerbating a situation, by design, while trying to claim it is a success.

He wants this to just go away and he can't seem to separate his fantasy from the reality. The worse it gets the more he'll detach from reality.

Admitting that he made a mistake that needs to be fixed is an admission of failure he's incapable of.

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