Baseball great Lefty Gomez once said, “I’d rather be lucky than good.” One thing that the U.S.A. has going for it right now is that we’re very fortunate to have a president who’s lucky. This is totally unscientific and irrational, I know, but Donald Trump is lucky. Things have an uncanny way of falling into place for him. If this drug combo turns out to be stunningly effective and makes a major dent in this pandemic, it would just the sort of lucky break that we’ve come to expect. And if it doesn’t turn out to work as well as we hope? Trump still probably wins in November because... in another lucky break... his likely opponent Joe Biden couldn’t be weaker.
That’s an interesting angle. The Chinese are super tuned into luck and luckiness, or at least that’s the stereotype. If there’s anything to it, then Trump must scare the pants off of them with his lifelong lucky streak.
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"we’re very fortunate to have a president who’s lucky" ---
No.
I have generally found that:
.....LUCK IS THE RESIDUE OF DESIGN
....... trust me.
With regards to Trump being ‘lucky’ - one of Trump’s strengths is his experience as a businessman. He is a risk taker.
He has been accused of making definitive statements which - if you go to the exact source of his quotes, is more accurately described as ‘leading from ahead of the curve’. It’s like his desire to open up some markets by Easter.
The wailing and negative reaction to his Easter deadline is an example of news media run amuck. Our POTUS said he hoped to begin changing the policies on a return to normalcy by Easter, which has been called risky. Stating a hoped for goal is a good thing. It begins the transition back to a healthy way of life for American citizens, and is not an all or nothing approach, but a gradual beginning by that date.
I like the Gomez quote (although it has also been attributed to Casey Stengel). But while I recognize that Trump is lucky, a more appropriate quote might be from Thomas Edison: Luck is the residue of hard work.