To solve our problems, marginalize Trump
What President Trump says should not be taken seriously. Period. He long ago lost that right, but his suggestion on Thursday that taking a “disinfectant .?.?. by injection” might be a way to fight the coronavirus virus should be the last straw for everyone.
The petrifying absurdity of this presidency was brought home when the company that owns Lysol had to issue a statement on Friday declaring that “under no circumstance” should its products be ingested or injected. You think? Only Trump could make such a statement necessary.
Underscoring the reality that Trump is a clear and present danger to public health, the Food and Drug Administration issued a warning on Friday that taking chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine — the drugs Trump and his Fox News friends promoted relentlessly for weeks as a magical cure for covid-19 — could cause “serious poisoning and death” taken outside a hospital or formal clinical trial. The only reason an agency of the government that Trump theoretically leads had to do this was Trump’s demented recklessness.
Let’s turn the corner this week.
First, as hard as it might be, the media needs to put the equivalent of a consumer warning on all coverage of Trump, who spent part of his Sunday afternoon rage-tweeting against the press. He has squandered the privilege of being covered as a normal president would, and both the tone and the content of mainstream reporting must change to reflect this. It would make this easier if Republicans decided they do not want to be the party of Clorox chewables. Will they finally disown Trump in large numbers? Don’t bet your next load of laundry.
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