The Wheels Are Coming Off

The wheels are coming off Trump’s carnival wagon. But, even as the death toll approaches 100,000 this Memorial Day, the orange jackass continues to spew his thick fog of self-congratulation, political attacks, misinformation and nonsense. Even Republicians are starting to see through the circus of misinformation, preening and political venom.

On March 15 he reassured the public that his administration had “tremendous control over” the virus. (No.) On March 17, he claimed to have “felt it was a pandemic long before it was called a pandemic.” (No.) On April fool’s day he assured people that safeguards were in place for travelers. “They’re doing tests on airlines and trains — very strong tests — for getting on, getting off. They’re doing tests " (No.) He has claimed that starting out, his team was burdened by “old, obsolete” tests inherited from the Obama administration. (No.) In ducking a question about the United States’ rate of per capita testing, he asserted that Seoul, South Korea, has a population of 38 million. (Try less than 10 million.)
 
“The public is starting to find out what an amazing job we’re doing”, he bragged. (No.)