Trump Tries to Hide the Problem

[Rogue Valley]

Trump Tries to Hide the Problem

From the coronavirus to Russian electoral interference, the president keeps trying to paper over problems instead of addressing them.

9/11/20
When a seasoned staffer named Brian Murphy brought warnings of Russian interference in the 2020 election, his lawyers say, acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf acted decisively. “Mr. Wolf instructed Mr. Murphy to cease providing intelligence assessments on the threat of Russian interference in the United States, and instead start reporting on interference activities by China and Iran,” according to a whistleblower filing. “Mr. Wolf stated that these instructions specifically originated from White House National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien.” When Murphy persisted, Wolf repeated that such information “made the president look bad” and told him to hold it. When he still didn’t stop, Wolf demoted him. The claims fit a pattern in the Trump administration, which runs through the reporting in Bob Woodward’s new book, Rage, including about attempts to muzzle Anthony Fauci during the coronavirus pandemic. Faced with problems, the White House could choose to deal with them head-on, or it could dismiss them. Instead, the administration has tried to cover them up. The administration’s approach seems to be What Americans don’t know can’t hurt them. The problem is that Americans are likely to find out, and that often, these problems really can hurt them—190,000 of them are dead from the coronavirus and counting.

The administration has repeatedly tried to pull Fauci, a trusted and serious messenger, out of the spotlight. Fighting root causes is hard; finding a way to paper over the problem is much easier. At least in the short term. The problem is that eventually the public finds out. Keeping Fauci from speaking about the dangers to children may temporarily put off public awareness, but eventually the health effects will come out—just as downplaying the virus in February and March did not prevent it from ravaging the U.S. and likely made it worse, and just as trying to keep a lid on intelligence about Russian interference didn’t prevent it from leaking. A crack sales strategy will get you only so far with a bum product.

The Trump administration is fighting furiously to hide the many problems facing the US, and punish anyone who reveals them, at least until until after the November election.

If they win in November, they will than say the people have made their choice and they approve of our way of doing things (being dishonest in everything).

Vote for Joe Biden.

 

[Oborosen]

Trump Tries to Hide the Problem

From the coronavirus to Russian electoral interference, the president keeps trying to paper over problems instead of addressing them.

The Trump administration is fighting furiously to hide the many problems facing the US, and punish anyone who reveals them, at least until until after the November election.

If they win in November, they will than say the people have made their choice and they approve of our way of doing things (being dishonest in everything).

Vote for Joe Biden.

Wow, that's a pretty big stretch to go to go for all of that.

 

[bluesmoke]

Wow, that's a pretty big stretch to go to go for all of that.

It won't be much a stretch to Trump. Give Him an inch and He'll take a mile.