5 Of Every 6 People Who Try Russian Roulette Survive
That doesn’t mean it’s good advice to “Go Play!”
Yet this seems not that far from the approach the President is suggesting following his hospitalization for COVID-19.
Trump Tweeting shortly before he was discharged:
We seem to be headed to a place where the President’s singular experience with one of the most protean diseases ever, becomes the basis for his campaign messaging moving forward. Especially since it reinforces his original instinct: downplay Coronavirus. It’s not that big a deal. And now, who would know better than him?
And that’ll be the key to sweeping him back into the White House for another 4 years.
Trump followed that Tweet up with a little video clip, where he repeated all that same stuff, and then added some nonsense about how he had to be reckless: “I stood out front. I led.” So that’s now part of the new message — that’s really an old message — too. He was right all along to downplay COVID-19. Proof? He survived.
In the background, the White House is busy countermanding FDA safety protocols in order to get a…
