A Country In Crisis

COVID-19 Kicks Trump’s Presidency Between The Legs

Like the aliens in War of the Worlds, will the least prepared president in American history be taken down by a virus?

“Protecting Americans’ health also means fighting infectious diseases. We are coordinating with the Chinese government and working closely together on the coronavirus outbreak in China. My administration will take all necessary steps to safeguard our citizens from this threat.”

-Donald Trump, February 4, 2020

The vast majority of states have told their residents that they must stay at home. The last three years of stock market gains have been largely washed away in a couple of months. When the monthly unemployment figures are released, they will not only break the streak of monthly gains started under Barack Obama, they are likely to be at rates not seen since the Great Depression. As I am writing this, 5,883 of the 244,230 people infected in the United States…