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Remember How Trump Failed Every Leadership Test During COVID?
Trump lied about the COVID numbers, refused to wear a mask, infected the Secret Service, spread snake oil cures, callously let the blue states suffer, and refused to take responsibility for anything.
I first published this on March 15 of 2020, just as COVID was causing shutdowns nationwide, and I think I captured Trump’s nonlinear thinking and weird mannerisms of talking pretty well:
President Donald Trump hosted a press conference today about his administration’s approach to preventing the spread of the coronavirus, and promised this time he was telling the truth and definitely not lying about anything or hiding any inconvenient truths like he maybe did a little bit in his other press conferences in the past.
“Okay, everyone, this time is for real,” Trump said. “I promise this is the total truth on coronavirus. All the other press conferences I just had trouble remembering. This is the real one, the totally accurate one that will blow your mind how truthful it is. When I tell you, you’re going to say to yourself that you can’t believe how truthful it is. Everyone’s talking about how this press…
