Originally posted by carpedm9587
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As I said in the Trump and Coronavirus thread, in this situation there is no way any leader can do what everyone thinks they should do, simply because there is no 'one correct thing' to do. Whatever they do, someone is going to think it's not enough, and others are going to think it's too much. You can see that in this very thread - some posters aren't taking it as a serious issue, others are. Therefore I suggest that it's largely unproductive spending time arguing about whether Trump has (or hasn't) bungled things. Every country's situation is going to be a little different, and there are other factors that a country's leader has to consider apart from the public health considerations.
As an example, a lockdown enforced too soon may lead to 'virus fatigue' on the part of the population, and then an unwillingness to comply with public health measures later on, when perhaps they are more needed. The economic damage caused by a lockdown may hurt a country's ability to respond to a later surge in infections, or force people to ignore health recommendations - where I live, many people have to work almost every day, or they don't have money for food and rent for the next day.
In short, anyone can play armchair expert, but it's just not as simple as that.
Originally posted by carpedm9587
Ummm... you're kind of contradicting yourself here. Trump is your President, whether you like it or not, and whether you think he acts accordingly or not. It's a title and office conferred on the winner of the presidential elections. He won, therefore he is President. Obama was President too, even for those people who hated everything he did. That's what democracy is about. You can, of course, abandon democracy, but remember that you're opening the door for others to do the same, and more, when the next president is elected. If you're not willing to accept the results of an election unless 'your guy' wins, then I suggest honesty and integrity requires that you don't vote. Since you did (I assume) vote, you can't say 'he's not my President' and maintain integrity. That's the equivalent of refusing to pay up on a lost bet, simply because you don't like the outcome. I can't respect people who do that.
The question of whether he is presently fit to remain President is of course a different one, and there are procedures in place in America for that, and a new election coming pretty soon.
Lastly, your evident animus for Trump means that you're perhaps not the most objective analyst of his actions. Maybe he's not doing so badly in handling this crisis after all....?
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