.MaddowBlog: Presidential tweets can't paper over Trump's coronavirus failures
from Philip Klein who argued that the ongoing public-health emergency"is exposing how deeply unsuited [Trump] is to deal with a genuine crisis that he can't bluff his way through."
It's an important point. Donald Trump has faced a wide variety of crises since taking office, but most of them have been disasters of his own making. The president's response to Hurricane Maria -- and the deadly devastation in Puerto Rico -- was a striking exception, though even in that case, Trump seemed convinced he could"bluff his way through," in part by publishing a bunch of angry tweets targeting the mayor of San Juan.
For three years, a question about Trump has lingered in the background: what would happen when the nation's first amateur president faced a genuine crisis? One he couldn't overpower with spectacle and nonsense? One that required him to listen, learn, and lead with a steady hand? Such a crisis has arrived and Trump is making clear that he's not up to the task. The president's go-to moves are familiar -- lie, divert blame, contradict experts, tout a personal expertise that exists in his imagination -- but they are a poor fit for the dangerous circumstances.
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