Posted on 03/23/2020 3:24:37 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Analysis: Two of the nation's most powerful executives are exhibiting nearly opposite leadership styles, policy instincts and public relations strategies.
One day, President Donald Trump told Americans that he bore no share of the blame for testing missteps that have increased the devastation wrought by coronavirus.
"I don't take responsibility at all," he said.
A few days later, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo welcomed accountability for the extraordinary measures his state has put in place to stop the spread of the virus, including the closure of "nonessential" businesses beginning at 8 p.m. Sunday.
"If someone wants to blame someone, blame me," Cuomo said this week. "There is no one else responsible for this decision.”
Even as they approach each other relatively cautiously, two of the nation's most powerful executives are exhibiting nearly opposite leadership styles, policy instincts and public relations strategies. That's happening against the backdrop of an ideological battle in Washington, in New York and around the country that pits those who care primarily about stopping the spread of the virus against those who say the cures will cause an economic calamity or a federal intervention in the private sector that dwarfs the damage of the disease.
"The daily press briefings out of Washington and Albany over the last week have provided a split screen in leadership. Whereas Governor Cuomo has been ruthlessly direct, faithful to the facts, and in command at all times, the president has lashed out at the media, sowed confusion,and shirked responsibility at every turn," said Lis Smith, a Democratic strategist who advised Cuomo's 2018 campaign.
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Ah, no one’s paying attention to anything they say and hasn’t since 2015 or Trump would have lost and wouldn’t be soaring in new polls.
Let em type away. No one’s listening.
So has Andrew Cuomo taken responsibility for his role in the mortgage crisis? I think not.
NBC has NO idea how much the media is hated.
They are so despised, that most people, at one time, never cared about all the associations in the media, and now they are aware that Comcast is NBC and people have little regard for both. I know our family avoids NBC, Universal, and Comcast.
Keep up trying to manipulate the masses, NBC, and learn that it doesn’t work.
I hope Andrew appreciates the tongue bath
That’s the key point of the past six weeks, since the impeachment failure. Whole lot of people are muting TV news when certain people come on. Sales pitch is simply not working for the Democrats.
Cuomo can say that all he wants to because he knows that all Democrats are VILE and EVIL and will ONLY blame Trump!
One thing for certain: Cuomo is running for POTUS via the convention back door.
The difference between Trump and Cuomo is that Cuomo has the entire Deep State and the Media supporting him and covering for him and Trump has the same forces allied against him.
If Biden slips a few more times, then he’s got a fighting chance.
Like I said before, I don’t care if his family came over on the same boat mine die and were fast friends.
I wouldn’t vote for this guy with a gun to my head.
He and that other idiot half Italian de blasio are embarrassments.
de blasio has Completely undone all that Rudy did.
It is driving them and dems crazy and that’s why they are HOPING that this virus kills a lot of people and the economy.
How disgusting.
I never had to worry about being upset about a roaring economy under obama because his actions made that an impossibility.
And I NEVER wanted people to die to make him look bad.
These are strange times FRiend.
Here it goes, they found their equal to trump and are letting everyone know. Biden and Bernie? who?
“,” Cuomo said this week. “There is no one else responsible for this decision.”
Said Cuomo when he ordered the fishing trip for his brother Fredo.
What I often do while working out at the local gym is tune all of the nearby TV sets away from the news. And I have gotten basically no complaints.
Look at the contrast between Pompeo and Trump:
Pompeo: “We’re in a live exercise here.”
Trump: “You should have let us know.”
Trump has all 50 states to think about, not 1
Yup, The RATS know that Slo-Joe’s dementia is so bad now he may not make it to the RAT Convention for the nomination.
Looks like Andy is the back-up plan.
Let’s keep this whole thing in perspective....a little over 14,000 deaths worldwide!!!!!! Think about that while we completely destroy the global economy. Yes we may have saved some deaths but still....
Lol. No bias in that article. Ha
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