Trump could also help things by not calling covid the “plague,” “silent killer” or other such dramatic names as it does nothing except adds to the irrational fear people have of this bug! When it comes to covid optics, Trump can be his own worst enemy.
“Trump could also help things by not calling covid the’plague,’ ‘silent killer’ or other such dramatic names as it does nothing except adds to the irrational fear people have of this bug!”
That’s very true. By doing that he grants power to it that it doesn’t have. He’d be smarter by going in the other direction and call it the “2020 Flu” or something. Play it down.
“... Trump can be his own worst enemy.”
Sadly, this is true often. Incentivizing healthcare companies to lie about Covid cases and/or deaths by rewarding them with thousands of dollars for each one is a BAD plan. For them, there’s a ton of money to be made by prolonging the problem. So they lie about the numbers (cha-CHING!), and people freak out about the numbers being so high — when they’re not really.
And incentivizing people to stay home and get their handouts instead of going back to work: Another very bad idea.
He wants the economy back, yet he is sabotaging that very effort.