Category: The Trump Factor
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If you look at The New York Times’ “Coronavirus World Map” (December 25), you will be surprised to learn that the U.S. has the second worst record of per capita daily cases. Only Lithuania has a worse record. How sad that this great country, home to one of the finest medical systems in the world,…
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During the election, there were times when I shuddered in fear. I read of roving gangs, for that’s what they were, of Trump supporters in cars and trucks stopping traffic on the Garden State Parkway, the Mario Cuomo bridge over the Hudson, various highways crisscrossing the New York City region, and trying to force a Biden-Harris…
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If Vice President Pence and the Cabinet were men and not puppets, if they had any ethics or commitment to American democracy, they would invoke the 25th Amendment, Section 4, and free our country from President Trump. Trump clearly is “unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office.” The peaceful transfer of power being one…
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The election is over. Putting aside the recount in Georgia and the undecided status of North Carolina, and for some media outlets, Arizona, Biden clearly has won the election. Even if Trump ended up winning all the remaining states, which he won’t, Biden still wins. And the margin of victory in the swing states is such that whatever…
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We of course are familiar with the Trump slogan and the red MAGA caps. Trump certainly claims that he has. But has anyone in print or otherwise bothered to systematically ask the question, “Has Trump made America great again?” Not to my knowledge. And so that is what this post will assess. In doing so,…
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It has been apparent for most of Trump’s presidency that regardless what he does or says, regardless how outrageous, how unprofessional, regardless whether he is fact-checked and shown to have lied, and certainly regardless what the mainstream (non-conservative) media say, Trump’s core base of support believes him, and Congressional Republicans either aggressively support him or…
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As the percentage increase in new cases and deaths starts to decrease in some cities, I like many people have been heartened and have seen the numbers as an indication of the light at the end of the tunnel. But today I realized why that is probably an illusion. I live in an area of…
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President Trump still doesn’t get it. To contain the pandemic we must be ahead of the epidemic, not behind it. Unfortunately, from the start, Trump has been behind. First he belittled the threat and did nothing. During the month before he restricted travel, 380,000 Chinese entered the country with no screening, many unwittingly bringing the virus with them.…
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Yes, Trump is responsible. How has Trump failed each and every one of us, just as regards the coronavirus pandemic? Let me count the ways. In 2018, the Trump administration dismantled a group with the National Security Council charged with preparing for when, not if, another pandemic would hit the nation. When it came, we…
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There was a very disturbing and creepy photo in the paper today of Roger Stone, his wife, and another woman in his party arriving at the courthouse for his sentencing. They are all smiling! Like they were going to a party. And why were they smiling? Because they knew that one way or another, he will not…
