Trump is demonstrating pure cowardice.

[Kablooie]

Instead of stepping up and organizing a national response to the Coronavirus he steps back to let others try to figure things out without a unifying leader.

He will never be a leader because he's terrified of taking responsibility except after the fact for successes.

This is cowardice on a grand scale.
He will let thousands of Americans needlessly die because he is too much of a coward to take command.

[msongs]

1. he's too busy trying to make jared the failure into an effective money grabbing profiteer nt

[calimary]

32. And making excuses and trying to blame others for HIS many mistakes and stupidity.

It's the Democrats. It's the Obama people. It's the governors. It's the fill-in-the-blank-here-as-long-as-its-last-name-isn't-trump-or-kushner.

I am sick. Sick of this asshole!

[bdamomma]

2. He is

going to pay dearly for wrongful death suits against Americans.

[Newest Reality]

6. His MO.

He has NEVER payed dearly for anything ever as far as what I know about him. He has the skills to be like teflon and to put on a convincing show that most people buy, one way or another.

WE will pay dearly for whatever he does. He never will, in my opinion.

So, it is WE whom we should be most concerned with now.

If you have any examples that indicate DJT paying for something dearly, (including his contractors, help, etc.) let me know. It would be a first if he did. This parasite sucks the marrow out and walks away fat and happy, just like he is doing to this country.

[Newest Reality]

3. I don't see it that way.

It is deliberate. Again, the show reveals something that could be interpreted the wrong way and that's what he excels at.

I suggest suspending judgements like those when you are observing a reality TV show host in action and a confidence man in power.

So, that's just my take so far and it should be coming into better focus as this crises unfolds. The game is afoot!

[ananda]

22. Agree.

It's all about moneygrubbing profiteering and extortion.

Trump is basically a mob boss.

[gibraltar72]

4. You said Pure and Grand he'd probably like that.

[Historic NY]

5. He won't go to NY City...

[KSNY]

29. We don't want him here...he makes us look bad.

Most New Yorkers did not vote for him and spotted his con from way back.

[at140]

7. I am not depending on Trump to save my 80 year old ass

I am taking things in my own hands. Extreme social distancing, washing hands often, I don't even go inside grocery stores. I order groceries on line and Publix brings it to my parked car outside the store. I am scared because my wife can not avoid visits to hospital for cancer treatments every 3 weeks where she is exposed to other patients and nurses and doctor. Other than that I am going to be totally isolated for as long as it takes.

[brer cat]

8. Tough time to be going through cancer treatment.

I hope you both stay safe.

[at140]

11. Thank you kindly, all we can do is try like crazy to practice mitigation.

I really miss going in the doctor's office to listen to progress or problems with the treatments, with my wife.
But this virus can only be destroyed if we don't give it a chance to jump from person to person.

[dweller]

9. bless you at140

you do what you have to do for your loved ones and yourself !

🙏🏻

✌🏼

[at140]

12. yes, she is my best friend and companion for 32 years

Her stage-4 was diagnosed 2 years ago, and she is still here and fighting.
Thank you for your kind words.

[SWBTATTReg]

10. Good for you and your wife, who knows that you have her best interests at heart. ...

Be safe (and you are), and best of wishes to you and your wife. I'll say something to the almighty for the two of you.

[at140]

14. It is so humbling to read what you said

that there are people like you who don't know me from Adam, and still have such good words to write.
That certainly makes my resolve stronger.

[SWBTATTReg]

16. Thank you, and the two of you are making our resolve strong too, here on DU. Best wishes.

[Boomerproud]

17. You and your brave wife will not be statistics.

[at140]

34. Thank you very much. This covid-19 has only one glaring weakness,

It can not jump much more than 6 feet between human hosts. The virus can live on metal and non-metal for many hours but then unless picked up by a human host, it dies. So yeah, the virus is extremely contagious, but we must exploit it's only known weakness, which is social distancing. If we as Americans fail in that, the virus will keep destroying lives, infecting unsuspecting people from others who may not even show any symptoms. I heard the testing data is showing that of those testing positive, almost half had no symptoms at all, but still can pass on the infection.

[matt819]

13. Let them die?

Not quite right. Make them die. This is the 2020 version of shooting someone on Fifth Avenue and getting away with it. His actions have killed 8000 Americans, so far, and he’s getting away with it. What a power trip for him. He must think he’s a god.

[wnylib]

37. I see it as the 2020 version of

supremacist genocide. Let the old and the sick die. Never mind that the 35 year old person with asthma is a talented software engineer. Or the 75 year old retiree with MS leads a volunteer group of tutors for young people.

If they cannot get through a pandemic with just a mild case, they are "inferior" and deserve to die. Cheaper and easier than rounding them up for fatal injections. Just get rid of them by spreading the virus and refusing needed help.

[Windy City Charlie]

15. Exactly

We're finding out which leaders can handle a situation such as this, and which ones can't. Some of those I've been impressed with have been obviously Governor Cuomo from New York and Governor Pritzker of Illinois to name a few. On the other hand, Trump, DeSantis, Reynolds from Iowa are some that haven't a clue on what to do about this.

[Captain Stern]

18. To be fair, what else could he possibly demonstrate?

Coward do what cowards do. It's how they are. They can't help it.

[gratuitous]

19. Yep, if things don't go horribly wrong, he'll claim credit

But if things go badly, he'll blame everyone else of his own failures, missteps, and errors. See the way he's blaming Gov. Cuomo already, as well as the states that took the first hit. I'm not sure what his deflection strategy will be when Florida, Texas, Alabama, and the rest of the Republican-dominated states hit the front lines. He'll blame Obama for sure, probably the Chinese, and then all those elite Democrats for not being more outspoken about the countermeasures to take.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

20. He knows he'd fuck it up more than Jar Jar. And that's a very low bar.

Even though Czar Tsar of Everything Jar Jar is the smartest one of the bunch, it is still hard to scrape IQ off the floor.

[ashredux]

21. Well said...

[keithbvadu2]

23. Trump has never wanted to lead or govern. He wants to rule.

[Grokenstein]

31. Bingo!

He sees the presidency as just another opportunity to scam his suckers, ruins lives, flaunt power, steal money, do favors for his "friends" and repay favors to the men who own him.

Everyone who supported him knew he was a piece of shit with tiny hands; they just thought that the harm would fall upon somebody else, and that Democrats would swoop in and pick them up and wipe their bottoms and pat their heads, like they have always done.

[sprinkleeninow]

36. This. eom

[bucolic_frolic]

24. No, he's doing exactly what he wants to do

He's a no-government radical right pro-business CEO and conservative. He's there to flummox the entire government so his cronies can steal it. People don't matter to him. The pandemic is an obstacle to political and economic goals. He just wants to get it out of the way so he can dismantle more of the government. He is trashing everything Obama and FDR stood for. Cowardice has nothing to do with it.

[spanone]

25. He IS a coward. He takes responsibility for Nothing.

[LittleGirl]

26. How many have to die before he's removed! Eom

[IADEMO2004]

27. Trump gave Cabinet and WH staff lances to fight covid-19 cause he won't touch it with 10 ft pole.

[Chainfire]

28. Certainly Trump is a coward

A tin plated bone spur draft dodger.

[demosincebirth]

30. It's easy for him, runs in his genes.

[KPN]

33. But "many more would have died without our

great efforts.” Vomit!

This fucker is all about excuses! That’s all he’s got plus money to hire thugs and lawyers to strong-arm his adversaries. He’s a total frigging nut case and somehow weaseled his way into our WH.

You know what one of my first as well as best bosses in my profession advised me about excuses when he first hired me?

“There’s no such thing as an excuse after the fact.” What he meant was if you don’t or didn’t foresee or anticipate a problem in achieving a goal, you didn’t do your job. That is, you failed. Identifying a problem after the fact is too late. Basically, be prepared, anticipate the worst, and take appropriate action including giving early alert to superiors or stakeholders. It was great advice!

[keithbvadu2]

42. "... without our great efforts."

"... without our great efforts.”

Trump let it spread uninhibited for weeks while he pretended it was under control.

[KPN]

43. Yep. Alternative facts as usual.

[Skittles]

35. Trump only knows how to DIVIDE

he has NO CLUE how to unite, nor does he CARE

[Absolute Kelvin]

38. Yes

a.k.a. Ursine Defecation in Forest.

[warmfeet]

39. Coward, certainly.

Co-conspirator, that as well.

I am wondering if anyone really gives a shit about their life. Does anyone actually value their life, or the lives of others?

I guess we shall see? Won't we?

Millions will die, are you one of the millions?

[Victor_c3]

40. And republicans used to say Obama lacked leadership during the NATO support of revolution in Libya

When a tenant or republicanism is “all government is inept”, why would anyone expect that any candidate republicans put up for election to any office is even the slightest bit competent?

Republicans always say government can’t do anything right. See? They just made their point with trump!

[Firestorm49]

41. Cowardice? Perhaps. Inept and just plain stupid?

[Permanut]

44. Seen this many times in the corporate world..

Malignant narcissistic sociopaths work hard to attain power, authority and money, and use it to amuse themselves by causing hardship for others. Now we have one in the White House.

[live love laugh]

45. Not a coward or terrified to lead. He's evil. Period. nt

[Buns_of_Fire]

46. "Ask not what Dear Leader can do for you..." nt