Anyone else getting the sense that Trump WANTS to infect as many Americans as possible?

[SouthernCal_Dem]

Even his own supporters. He doesn't care.

He's slowly starting to realize that he's gonna lose reelection and has shifted to a scorched Earth policy of burning everything down to the ground. A normal President would be pouring their heart and soul into fighting the virus as it would actually help them look like a real leader and win reelection.

Instead Trump appears to be intentionally trying to infect as many Americans as possible by organizing events where thousands of people could be infected.

He's essentially organizing super spreader events at a time when the US is seeing a record number of cases.

Much Of U.S. Scales Back On Holiday, But Trump Plans To Go Big

WASHINGTON (AP) — As coronavirus cases spike, public health officials are pleading with Americans to avoid large crowds and hold more muted Independence Day celebrations, but subdued is not President Donald Trump’s style, and he aimed to go big, promising a “special evening” in Washington that could bring tens of thousands to the National Mall.

Trump’s “Salute for America” celebration on Saturday evening was to include a speech from the White House South Lawn that he said would celebrate American heritage, as well as a military flyover over the city and an enormous fireworks display that could pack people downtown.

The president kicked off the holiday weekend by traveling to Mount Rushmore in South Dakota for a fireworks display Friday night near the mountain carvings of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt.

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His participation in big gatherings comes as many communities have decided to scrap fireworks, parades and other holiday traditions. The goal is to try to prevent further spread of the coronavirus, which large gatherings could spur.

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For the Mount Rushmore event, GOP Gov. Kristi Noem, a Trump ally, insisted social distancing wasn’t necessary and masks were optional.

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cautions that mass gatherings like the one scheduled for Washington present a high risk for spread of the virus.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fourth-of-july-trump-holiday_n_5f00937fc5b6ca97091f1090

[torius]

1. I think he's trying to normalize and glamorize having COVID

like if you have it, you're a true patriot, you've stuck it to the libs, you're a survivor of the war against the libs, or if you don't survive you're a martyr to his cause.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

2. I agree

They use covid to kill or as they may define it cull the herd of disposables and undesirables.

They have a death camp without a death camp. Plausible deniability for Mass murder.

[RKP5637]

6. Yep!!! K&R n/t

[RKP5637]

3. Yes, I've thought than for some time now. He's a narcissist sociopath and also a sadist. I have

no doubt that exactly what you said is exactly what is going on.

[cornball 24]

18. Agree 1000%

[onetexan]

4. He's not that smart. He has no idea how to control it

Hence why he &his enablers are trying to normalize this horrendous problem by saying we need to live with it.

[matt819]

14. Maybe

But maybe he’s such a narcissistic sociopathic sadist that’s the evil, destructive behavior is the default mode. It’s not planned. It just is. And he really doesn’t give it a second thought.

[jpak]

5. Yup

He's batshit crazy

[Mike 03]

7. I agree too

In a twisted way this is what Hitler did at the very end of the war. He had backed himself into a corner and knew he had no future. Thus, he decided no German person should have a future. He even said, in so many words, Germans didn't deserve to live; they had been weak and lost. They had let him down, is how he saw it (which is insane, of course). By that point, he was sending untrained sixteen year old boys to the front lines as the Red Army penetrated Berlin.

It's worth noting, Hitler made the insane demands on the Wehrmacht that led to Germany's defeat. He micromanaged the war down to the movement of troops, and then punished the generals who "failed him." He even sentenced one to death in absentia, after that general had pleaded with Hitler to allow him to withdraw his troops.

Everybody else was to blame. And soon every German man, woman and child was to blame for the disastrous end of the war.

There's more to it, but it really did come down to him wanting to take everyone down with him out of ego.

Our crime is not appreciating that Trump is the "greatest president since Lincoln." We're tired of him, and he's going to punish us. He doesn't feel appreciated, and we're all supposed to pay for it.

[JHB]

8. No, he wants big crowds hanging on his every word and cheering about how great he is.

All he wants is to feed his own overweening (and roundly undeserved) sense of superiority and his need for everyone else to acknowledge it.

He wants a big show and spectacle, with him as the star.

There is no other there, there. I don't think he even puts enough thought into it to "want" to infect people.

[hvn_nbr_2]

9. All roads lead to Putin

Putin wants it. Trump wants whatever Putin wants. Without Putin, Trump would/will be bankrupt and homeless.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

10. I've always assumed it was all explained by...

... his self-absorbed attitude, but it's seeming more and more possible to me that he's actively trying to harm Americans.

"Russia still loaned me money when American banks stopped! And all of that negative tabloid coverage?! You'll pay for doing this to me, America!"

[LuvNewcastle]

11. Why hasn't he gotten it yet?

He's put himself out there enough and he's been around people who have had it. Did they give him and a few select others some sort of early-stage vaccine? Is that why he's so certain of a cure soon? I think a lot are wondering about that.

[Nay]

20. I think he's getting regular injections of plasma with antibodies. nt

[LuvNewcastle]

21. Okay, that makes sense.

I knew there had to be something that gave him the courage to portray himself as this ubermensch who does not fear diseases of mere mortals.

[BigmanPigman]

12. He wants the cities (Blue) to get it.

He won't help out cities and states that are Dem so he clearly wants Dems to get it. I have thought this for a few months.

[fleur-de-lisa]

13. Maybe Pooty put a bounty on us?

Dumpus makes more money if he kills more Americans?

Ever think of that?

Kidding, not kidding.

Nothing else makes sense.

[triron]

19. Very plausible.

Yet no one does anything about it.

[Blue Owl]

15. Sure as hell seems that way

Nary a word of sympathy for the infected or deceased...

[2naSalit]

16. Been thinking that since mid March.

[pattymcq]

17. Yup

Me too. It’s obvious. He did absolutely NOTHING.

[GeorgeGist]

22. Putin's paying him bounties.

[VOX]

23. I've suspected white supremacy all along. Covid-19 has hit POC harder than anyone else.

It wouldn’t be out of keeping with 45’s horrid racism and xenophobia.
https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/06/1065272
UN News
June 2, 2020
Address ‘appalling impact’ of COVID-19 on minorities, UN rights chief urges
Urgent action is needed to address “the major disproportionate impact” of COVID-19 on racial and ethnic minorities, including people of African descent, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Tuesday.

The disease is exposing alarming inequalities in some countries: disparities similar to those fuelling current protests for greater racial justice in multiple cities - as well as online, through “Blackout Tuesday” – across the United States, Michelle Bachelet stated.
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