Closing the RNC, Trump bets big that voters won't trust their 'lyin' eyes'

Closing the RNC, Trump bets big that voters won't trust their 'lyin' eyes' 

Trump behaved exactly like a modern CEO, me first and forget the rest.  Trump insists on the kind of fawning appropriate to a CEO in a badly run company - including telling his version of the story and saying bad things about the competition, even falsehoods. 

Trump is a walking constitutional crisis. The permanent government rightly ignores him and his White House, but having to do this threatens the legitimacy of government. So is his penchant for not doing his homework.

Trump does occasionally tell the truth. The problem is, his penchant for speaking without thinking makes people doubt everything he says. The reality is that the virus is a cold and it will burn itself out. Also, talk to an immigration lawyer. Most people asking for asylum do not qualify - they simply want a better life. That this is not a good enough answer is not Trump's fault, but the law's (and yes, the law is an ass). 

PC has become a bad word. It can be taken two far, for example, the creation of Latinex. That is a problem of "influencers," not the practice of calling people as they wish to be called. For example, calling a Romany a Gypsy can earn you a punch in the nose (even though most will not follow up). We call ourselves that, you cannot.

He is also not responsible for police brutality. It happens all on its own. There really are anarchists doing bad things at protests, but there are also White Supremasists (the Boogaloos) who are trying to start a race war They may support Trump, but they are not under his command any more than anarchists report to Bernie.

Trump is responsible for a badly staffed administration, although Mike Pence shares the blame by giving Trump the kind of people he wants, rather than those who would put nation before image. They serve neither Trump, nor the country well.

Trump's worst error is the economics of his tax bill, but that is on his whole party, especially the economic leaders. The problem is that news producers don't know enough economics to assess the situation. 

Tax cuts on the rich are never a good idea, but most of the media do not fully understand why. They report both sides of the story, even though one side is blatantly wrong. Trump's relationship with Russia is treated by all as a policy matter. No one, not even Adam Schiff, will accuse Trump of treason for his favoring of Putin over the nation. 

The current economic and medical woes are self-inflicted. The recession is a sign that the quarantine is being headed (even if it was badly designed. The fact is, the meme that the virus has no borders is false. The mask memes are all about solidarity - doing our part and shaming non-conformity. They have nothing to do with COVID-19 spread (which does so like a cold) or the fact that the tests catch all coronas, not just COVID-19. 

Better safe than sorry covers the asses of doctors, but is not good policy. That the current policy has the CEO's blessing means it is followed uncritically. That the White House is staffed with people who put Trump over critical analysis has given us a CDC that needs a bit of oversight.

This election will not be a nail biter. Saying that it is sells papers, gets blogs read and advertisements viewed. The Democratic Party goes along with the myth to keep voters excited. Excitement may lead to Trump losing Texas and the Dakotas. Even Kentucky could go the other way if enough people are tired of Mitch. 

While Trump's affect drives people crazy, it pleases Fox News viewers. The only thing that will save Trump is that if the Democrats overplay the narrative that Trump is entirely wrong. His supporters see what they want to see and they vote too.Luckily, there are not enough of them to give him four more years. Everyone else is done with the Trump show. Ratings are not a reason to remove a president, nor is failure by the medical establishment. Treason and tax policy are.