BarkellWH -> RE: COVID-19 start of a new era (Mar. 24 2020 15:57:05)
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Now I read in the Washington Post that Trump and his toadies in the White House are discussing “restarting the economy” by killing a few million people. Surely the survivors will vote for him out of gratitude? After all, aren’t most people really psychopaths like him, just trying to put up a good front? A more charitable, but no more encouraging interpretation is that Trump simply doesn't understand the implications of the virus's high transmissibility under ordinary social conditions, and its high mortality rate. After all, many people pointed out that his casinos were doomed from the start by their high debt service cost and unrealistic revenue projections. This advice was given by many, including the New Jersey casino regulatory commission. He promised them to limit the cost of additional debt. However, apparently unable to subtract and multiply, he just kept adding debt at exorbitant interest rates that violated his promise to the commission, and ignored, or simply failed to understand the consequences. When he finally realized he was going broke he figured out his escape route, or someone explained it to him. He shifted personal debt onto the casinos, while charging unconscionable fees to the corporations that took on the debt. Then the corporations went bankrupt, stiffing their shareholders and bringing down numerous businesses still owed money for work they had done. In my opinion, Trump is both ignorant and stupid. There is a difference between the two. To be ignorant is to lack knowledge or be unaware of something. To be stupid is to have your ignorance enlightened by those who know something about it, but to ignore their explanation and double down on your ignorance. Trump has demonstrated both ignorance and stupidity in spades. I fail to see how those who voted for Trump could not see that he was a fraud and a charlatan from the beginning. The saga of the casinos and other businesses are a perfect example. A smart businessman? Hardly. Trump filed for bankruptcy five times. That is hardly a demonstration of good business practices. Remember the fraudulent "Trump University," in which he fleeced students out of tuition, including education loans, but provided none of the high-powered business leaders promised. Trump's disgraceful criticism of our intelligence community contrasts blindingly with his praise of Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un. As does his disgraceful (from the very beginning of his presidency) criticism of our NATO partners, suggesting NATO was obsolete, with Russia poised on the borders of the Baltic countries and its war against Eastern Ukraine, not to mention the severance of Crimea. Trump makes everything--literally everything--about himself. His self-flattery knows no bounds and is based on nothing, absolutely nothing. The other day he was whining that he "sacrificed" a lot of money he could have made by being president. You may have noticed that Tony Fauci, who apprently has incurred Trump's displeasure, did not appear at the Coronavirus briefing Monday. Fauci is the one expert that people can trust, but if he is no longer in Trump's entourage, we will have to listen to him via other venues. Bill
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