06 April 2020

The Worst Ever

Conservative historian and columnist Max Boot regularly speaks with contempt about Donald Trump but has previously resisted labeling him as the worst President in American history.

No more.

In yesterday's column (link here), Boot flatly declares "with his catastrophic mishandling of the coronavirus, Trump has established himself as the worst president in U.S. history."

An excerpt:

"We already have more confirmed coronavirus cases than any other country. Trump claimed on Feb. 26 that the outbreak would soon be 'down to close to zero.' Now he argues that if the death toll is 100,000 to 200,000 — higher than the U.S. fatalities in all of our wars combined since 1945 — it will be proof that he’s done 'a very good job.' No, it will be a sign that he’s a miserable failure, because the coronavirus is the most foreseeable catastrophe in U.S. history."

To get a sense of where we are, the American death rate today is expected to cross 10,000. More than a thousand people are dying each day. We are nowhere out of the woods yet.

Take care, stay healthy, and read and share Boot's piece. It's not long.

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