People who have a worthless diploma from Trump U have already been Trumped, and it is unlikely that they would also buy a bridge from him. Although, I cannot be too sure of that -- some of the people can be fooled all of the time.
Whether people who have contributed to the Trump Foundation would also buy a bridge from him depends on whether they cared about where the money was going or whether they were simply trying to curry Trump's favor. People who try to curry Trump's favor by making contributions to Trump's organizations or paying Trump directly should know that they are on an installment plan and the price for what they want from Trump will keep going up because Trump does not even meet Simon Cameron's standards* for an honest politician. As the Washington Post says: “President Trump made 18,000 false or misleading claims in 1,170 days” Furthermore, Trump will throw anyone and everyone under the bus in a New York minute.
Trump touts the use of Hydroxychloroquine as a simplistic answer for the simple minded. That simplistic answer is, in fact, one of the planks in the bridge Trump is hawking. Most of the side effects of Hydroxychloroquine are known. How effective Hydroxychloroquine is in preventing or curing Covid-19 is not known. People, such as Trump, who think they can ignore social distancing and protective masks because Hydroxychloroquine will protect them are idiots. The reason I said, “such as Trump,” in the previous sentence is because Trump is implying if not expressly telling us that he is relying on Hydroxychloroquine to protect him. Quick remedies for the virus and the economic disruption are very important components of Trump's sales pitch, and he damns the pundits who say they doubt that he is even taking Hydroxychloroquine.
Trump knows his reelection is in peril if people do not think the country is doing well under this leadership. So, like Herbert Hoover during the great depression, Trump is trying to paint a rosy picture of our situation and our prospects. Prosperity and a cure for Covid-19 are just around the corner, don't you know? The precise corner is to be determined at a later date, but you can bet that Trump is prepared to blame his wrong turns on the governors of blue states in particular and on his political opponents in general; this apparently includes all of the former presidents who know what an incompetent charlatan he is.
I should add here that Trump is becoming more desperate and dangerous as the election nears and the polls show him losing. He does not care how many people will die because he is trying to open up the country too early. He does not care how many people have to be deprived of their right to vote in order for him to win. He does not care about how many fake investigations the worst attorney general in the history of the nation has to conduct to smear Trump's opponents or how many truly bad decisions have to rendered by the Supreme Court Moscow Mitch has delegitimized. All that matters to Trump is that he is reelected and remains in office long enough for the statute of limitations on the crimes he has already committed to run out while he is still immune from any criminal actions against him. Reelecting Trump should be a bridge too far for anyone who loves this country, its laws, its people, and its system of government.
*The greedy SOB won't stay bought.
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