PLAYING CHEAP POLITICS WITH A CRISIS ....

Since day one of this presidency, the Trump administration has treated all America's problems and social malaise, and wealth inequality with unprecedented vengeance and disdain, and when incapable of destroying these programs, distancing themselves, blaming others, and waiting for better times to try again. They have treated COVID 19 pandemic, almost exactly the same way. Like a PR crisis at best, a political opportunity to boost the president's approval ratings while giving false information and fake hope to millions of blind followers.

They knowingly ignored the disease and refused expert opinions and intelligence reports, and previous presidential warnings and pandemic committees, until it was too late and continues, by totally failing to provide and implement sufficient testing, even to high risk areas, ignoring that it's considered now an essential element of relaxing confinement and self social distancing.

The U.S. compared to most European countries, and the Pacific rim, has the highest numbers of infected people, more than a million three positive cases, and more fatalities than anyone else exceeding 80.000 deaths,and very soon 90.000 and a staggering 100.000  leading the country to the highest unemployment rates since the great depression of 1930. We are still in denial, still lost between opening our economy and States without adequate testing and other preventive equipment, and willingly admitting to the eventual killing of tens of thousands more, of Americans from all ages, colors, and ethnic backgrounds.

In America today, many people are still living and behaving as if the whole pandemic will vanish in few weeks or a month at most, it will disappear from our lives as it came, all with the help of the official propaganda, and the following ultra right media machine. Of course religious zealots and their institutions, and Divine power are always there to help.

Even our internal politics of high interference in the judiciary system, of dismantling every social contract previously achieved, to a dangerous degree of destroying what remains of our democracy, and the delusional totally in cloud nine foreign policy, based on false military superiority, readiness, and overconfidence, plus the insufficient economical and monetary means, a huge totally ignored national debt, and continuous unsolved social inequalities and failing infrastructures, all while further empowering corporate and private wealth to reign and take over.

America simply cannot afford another 4 years of a president and his oligarchy who make decisions based strictly on what is best to the president, his reelection, and themselves, and not to the country or its people. Past presidents had their high moments and their low moments, some did better internally and some dragged the country and its armed forces into horrific and very, very costly adventures, but non kept lying to themselves and to their people while believing themselves like this president and his entourage. Somehow at the end they managed to take ownership and accountability for their doings and the well being of the country. History proves it, and the last 3 plus years of this presidency tells it all clearly.

Using all types of political tools, dismissing experts, using executive powers for personal benefits, catering to businesses and corporations and fossil fuels , pardoning admitting criminals, all these and other methods form an area of natural comfort to this president and his administration, the economy will not come back, here or anywhere until the death toll slows, so let's stop hiding behind our fingers. But if we don't believe in science and not in social interference or collective programming then let's all drop it all and live our stupid individual lives .   

We need to invest much more in proper and adequate testing, and only when the death rates start coming down significantly, only then, we can apply proper testing and know who's positive and who's not, and create meaningful isolation and start reopening the economy. Now it's up to the American people to come together, in full force to help save the country and the world, from some grave and imminent disaster, by electing someone sane and responsible to lead .....
                     
             As always my gratitude to all my good readers...  stay safe.