Trump ended the US by showcasing the false notion that government could stop a new virus, which he, like everyone else, certainly knew wasn’t true-Codevilla, ‘What is Trump to us?’ 7/6/21

3/29/2020, “Trump extends social distancing guidelines to April 30, predicts ‘great things’ by June 1," NBCnews.com: “President Donald Trump announced Sunday that he’s extending his administration’s guidelines on social distancing…until April 30.”...“Within nine months, COVID policy had produced 28 new billionaires.”

7/6/2021, “What Is Trump To Us?" Angelo Codevilla

“Only President Trump’s complaisance made possible the American people’s submission to scientifically nonsensical regulations that ended up solidifying the oligarchy and transferring more wealth and power from one class to another, possibly, than ever before in mankind’s history….

Like every other literate person, Trump knew that once an infectious disease enters a population, nothing can prevent it from infecting all of it, until a majority has developed antibodies from contracting it—so-called herd immunity—or been vaccinated. But he agreed to support the “experts’” lie to the contrary….

The notion of quarantining noninfected people is inherently indefensible nonsense. Imposition of that nonsense is what made possible American society’s disarticulation, the disempowerment and impoverishment of ordinary Americans, and the oligarchy’s further enrichment. Within nine months, COVID policy had produced 28 new billionaires….

And if he did not know in March that the “experts” were peddling pseudo-sophisticated lies, he did by May. The U.S. Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), which modeled the authoritative predictions on which the U.S. lockdowns were based, published its prediction that, as of May 14, 2020, Sweden, which did not participate in lockdowns, would suffer up to 2,800 daily deaths. The actual number turned out to be 38. If you see something, say something. But Trump did not….

[“Almost overnight, American life changed in fundamental ways. Schools and restaurants closed…and more than 3 million Americans quickly lost their jobs.”]

Far from rallying Americans to support reality over quackery, Trump showcased the previously unknown bureaucrat Dr. Anthony Fauci as America’s guru on all things COVID, even as Fauci was giving multiple signs of deception as well as of incompetence while none too subtly mocking the president….

There never was reason to believe that infection by the COVID-19 virus was any more deadly than other bad flu-like illnesses. On the contrary, most persons infected showed no symptoms. Only the elderly and infirm were at risk—no more than from other bad fluepidemics….

In sum, Donald Trump is not responsible for the oligarchy’s power. But he was indispensable to it. By the time he left office, Washington was laughing at him—and was hurting his voters.”…

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Added: On 3/13/20 Trump had already published a detailed report stating that Covid pandemic would last 18 months or longer. By election day in November, it would be obvious that Trump was a chronic liar and he didn’t care that the world knew it:

March 18, 2020, “U.S. Coronavirus Plan [published March 13] Warns Pandemic ‘Will Last 18 Months or Longer’," NY Magazine., Matt Stieb

“On Friday [March 13, 2020], the day that Trump declared a national emergency…the Department of Health and Human Services warned lawmakers that the pandemic “will last 18 months or longer” and that it could include “multiple waves of illness.” A copy of the unclassified 110-page report obtained by the New York Times also stated that “critical infrastructure and communications channels” between state and local governments “will be stressed and potentially less reliable.”"…

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Added: 2/8/21, “How a Virus Was Used To Transform a Free Country,” AIER, Sandy Szwarc (“Sandy Szwarc, BSN, RN is a graduate of U.T. Austin and a researcher and writer on health and science issues for more than 30 years”)

“Declarations of Covid-19 as a health emergency, followed by extreme and continued government mitigation mandates, are unprecedented for any respiratory virus in our history. The economic consequences of these directives – masks; social distancing; [PCR] testing; travel, school and business restrictions − have led to historic levels of job losses and businesses stopping new hiring. People looking for work have been crippled from finding jobs. Tens of millions of Americans are at risk of losing their group health insurance.”…

 

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