Trump: Silent on COVID-19 Losses
Why What Trump Is Not Saying Is Almost As Bad As What He Is Saying
Today, the President has made remarks against the Black Lives Matter Movement, worked towards weakening fair housing regulations, and he just won’t stop tweeting. This is not at all unexpected. We’ve been watching the circus for awhile now, and this seems to be the only act. That’s what bothers me. What’s missing.
Our President will not step up to fulfill the duty of a President of the United States in charge of a grieving nation. He will barely recognize that it is in fact grieving, with 112,226 people dead from COVID in the USA per the CDC as of this morning, Wednesday, July 1st.
The President is expected to address the nation during hard times. We believe this is true because this is what has been expected of our past leadership. From Roosevelt’s Pearl Harbor address, to Reagan’s speech regarding the Challenger, the way our leadership talks about a crisis shapes our history.
Another President, Woodrow Wilson, largely ignored the 1918 influenza. He did this despite this illness killing one-third of the world’s human population. While Americans died by the thousands, Wilson stayed silent and focused only on WWI and internationalist goals.
Our President today appears to be spouting lies about whether or not the pandemic is even real, but falls back on the same silent treatment as Wilson when it comes to honoring the Americans who have died from COVID.
We don’t need more so-called leaders that ignore our suffering and death. We need to change our system to choose people who can deliver a sense of dignity and grace to the office. We need people who will talk about the tough stuff, and who will actually take measures to fix difficult challenges.
Who we choose to be our President should not be someone who cannot set their opinions down for one moment to honour our dead and comfort our nation. To do what needs to be done so that we all can be happy, healthy, and proud of our history.
