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Judi Lynn

(160,452 posts) Sun May 31, 2020, 02:18 AM May 2020

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Fire, pestilence and a country at war with itself: the Trump presidency is over [View all]

Robert Reich

A pandemic unabated, an economy in meltdown, cities in chaos over police killings. All our supposed leader does is tweet

Sun 31 May 2020 01.00 EDT Last modified on Sun 31 May 2020 01.02 EDT

You’d be forgiven if you hadn’t noticed. His verbal bombshells are louder than ever, but Donald J Trump is no longer president of the United States.

By having no constructive response to any of the monumental crises now convulsing America, Trump has abdicated his office.

He is not governing. He’s golfing, watching cable TV and tweeting.

How has Trump responded to the widespread unrest following the murder in Minneapolis of George Floyd, a black man who died after a white police officer knelt on his neck for minutes as he was handcuffed on the ground?

More:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/may/31/donald-trump-coronavirus-pandemic-george-floyd-minneapolis-tweets

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Fire, pestilence and a country at war with itself: the Trump presidency is over [View all] Judi Lynn May 2020 OP

That's not how it worked for Nixon. Squinch May 2020 #1

I don't understand what you mean, Squinch. murielm99 May 2020 #2

I can't speak for Squinch, but they way I interpreted it was... Gore1FL May 2020 #7

No, I know you don't mean it nastily. Squinch May 2020 #9

Nixon was not the incumbent. murielm99 May 2020 #11

I hope you're right, and yes. We MUST get Biden elected. But I don't know that Squinch May 2020 #12

Tricky Dick was able to parlay the 1968 riots into political capital Vogon_Glory May 2020 #8

But those suburban white moms are a needed swing vote. As are the elders who have recently Squinch May 2020 #10

It's true, as far as it goes. elleng May 2020 #3

If only I could be so sure. RandySF May 2020 #4

Don't I know it! BigmanPigman May 2020 #5

Trump's presidency is effectively over now, the end began when he first called COVID-19 a "hoax" sop May 2020 #6

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