The Coronavirus Pandemic: (President Trump Gone Awol Mentally)
By Larry Murphy
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Larry Murphy
I am a graduate of Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, NC. I have a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration, with a major in Accounting. I pastored 20 years in the AME Zion Church and worked for the federal government for 20 years, mostly as a federal investigator. I have a passion for research and fact finding and was recognized by the federal government for this particular skill set. I believe myself inspired of the Holy Spirit to seek the truth and bring a knowledge and understanding to those seeking consolation in these perilous times.
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The Coronavirus Pandemic - Larry Murphy
Chapter 1
Biden Preferred Over Trump
Majority of Americans Want Biden Handling
Coronavirus Response and the Economy
Not the incompetent and lying Donald Trump
Most Americans would rather see former
Vice President Joe Biden in charge of both
The United States coronavirus response and
The economy than current President Trump
According to data from a new NPR/PBS
NewsHour/Marist poll, however while Biden
.
Biden may have the upper hand in polling
In those areas, the results fall strongly along
Party lines with Republicans and Democrats
Out of those surveyed, 55 percent (55%)
Of those surveyed chose Biden over Trump
To handle the coronavirus pandemic
While 40 percent (40%) of those polled
Said they would rather see Trump handling
Coronavirus issues in the United States
87 percent (87%) of those who supported
Trump in that arena identified themselves
As Republicans and likewise 87 percent (87%)
For Biden labeled themselves as Democrats
Although Trump has taken credit for creating
A strong U.S. economy before the essential
Lockdown of the country due to the coronavirus
Only 44 percent (44%) of those polled say they
Would rather see Trump handle the economy
A little over half or 50 percent (50%) would
Rather see Biden take the economic reins
Biden garnering 51 percent (51%) of the poll
Those who were unsure about which candidate
They would choose numbered 6 percent (6%)
Democrats made up the majority of Biden’s
Support for handling the U.S. economy with
86 percent (86%) throwing the presumptive
Democratic presidential nominee their support
However, 92 percent (92%) of the Republicans
Polled wanted Trump to handle the economy
With only 7 percent (7%) of Republican voter
Leaning toward former Vice President Joe Biden
Overall, 48% of Americans disapprove of how
Trump is handling the economy which represents
A 3 percent (3%) increase of March’s poll when 45
Percent (45%) of those polled indicated they did not
Approve of how Trump is handling the economy
Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic
Garnered a larger jump in the disapproval rating
.
While 49 percent (49%) of those surveyed
Voiced their disapproval in the March poll
55 percent (55%) now say they do not approve
Of Trump’s response to coronavirus pandemic
Which is a 6 percent (6%) increase from March
Biden suggested during a Monday interview
On April 27, 2020 with CBS Miami that he would
Take a more global approach to economic matters
Former Vice President Joe Biden on the matter said
"I would get much more engaged in the world
We can’t step back, if fact, for example we solve
The problem in the United States of America
And you don’t solve it in other parts of the world
You know what’s going to happen, you’re going
To have travel bans and you’re going to not be able
To do and have economic intercourse around the
World when it’s America first, it’s America alone!!!"
Although stay-at-home orders issued by
State governors have impacted businesses
Forcing many to temporarily close or shut
Down completely, Trump has envisioned
A rapid rebound for the U.S. economy on
Tuesday, April 28, 2020 during a meeting
With Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, saying
"I think the fourth quarter is going to be really
Strong and I think next year is going to be
A tremendous year; that’s what’s building
Third quarter is a transition quarter
Second quarter is what it is!!!"
Business closures forced the U.S. Gross
Domestic Product (GDP) to fall at an annual
Rate of 4.8 percent (4.8%) for the first (1st)
Quarter of 2020, which represents the
First (1st) decrease in the GDP since 2014
Anthony Stephen Fauci is an American
Physician and immunologist who has served
As the Director of the National Institute of
Allergy and Infectious Diseases since 1984
Since January 2020, he has been one of the lead
Members of the Trump Administrations White
House Coronavirus Task Force addressing the
2019–20 coronavirus pandemic in the United States
Fauci is widely seen to be one of the most trusted
Medical figures in the United States of America
The White House will not allow the leading
Immunologist on the coronavirus task force to
Testify to Congress next week calling the request
Counter-productive to the administration’s efforts
To contain the coronavirus pandemic
Dr. Fauci’s testimony had been requested
By the House Appropriations Committee as
Part of an investigation into the White House’s
Response to the COVID-19 pandemic
A House Appropriations Committee s
Spokesman Evan Hollander on Friday
May 1, 2020 stated the following
"The Appropriations Committee sought Dr.
Anthony Fauci as a witness at next week’s
Labor-HHS Education Subcommittee hearing
On COVID-19 response
We have been informed by an administration
Official that the White House has blocked
Dr. Fauci from testifying!!!"
Fauci has become one of the most well
Recognized experts in the administration’s
Coronavirus response team and often speaking
Publicly during task force briefings, and at times
Seeming to contradict statements made by Trump
A White House official on the matter said
"We expressed openness from the White House
To having him testify but requested we be given
The parameters of what the hearing would entail
So we could determine if he was the best guess
Or if it was someone else’s jurisdiction!!!"
The White House official in a statement added
That the Chairman didn’t follow-up, saying
"If this was truly a serious effort to have someone
Testify on the appropriations need around
Coronavirus they certainly didn’t handle it
Like it was!!!"
On Friday, May 1, 2020 White House
Spokesman Judd Deere said in a statement that
"The administration was committed to working
With Congress to offer testimony at the
Appropriate time!!!"
Chapter 2
The PREDICT PROJECT
As we all can clearly see who care to see
That even during this coronavirus pandemic
In which more lives have been lost than lives
During the Vietnam War, which also known as
The Second Indochina War, and in Vietnam as
The Resistance War Against America or simply
The American War was a conflict in Vietnam
Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955
To the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975
This Vietnam War lasted for two (2) decades
Or Twenty (20) years and this Coronavirus
Pandemic is now just in its beginning stage
The Trump administration with the support
And backing of Congressional Republicans
Both in the United States House and Senate
Continue to play dangerous and deadly partisan
Politics with the coronavirus pandemic facts
Affecting the health, safety, and welfare of the
American people including family members
Who have gotten sick and many ultimately dying
From this coronavirus pandemic unnecessarily
Two (2) months before the novel coronavirus
Is thought to have begun its deadly advance
In Wuhan, China, the Trump administration
Ended a $200-million pandemic early-warning
Program aimed at training scientists in China
And other countries to detect and respond to such
A coronavirus pandemic threat
The project launched by the United States
Agency for International Development in 2009
Identified 1,200 different viruses that had the
Potential to erupt into pandemics, including
More than 160 novel coronaviruses
The initiative called PREDICT also trained
And supported staff in 60 foreign laboratories
Including the Wuhan lab that identified SARS
CoV-2, the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19
Peter Daszak, President of EcoHealth Alliance
A key player in the PREDICT program said
"Field work ceased when the funding ran out in
September 2019 and organizations that worked
On the PREDICT program laid off dozens
Of scientists and analysts!!!"
On Wednesday, April 1, 2020 USAID granted
An emergency extension to the program, issuing
$2.26 million over the next six (6) months to send
Experts who will help foreign labs squelch the
Coronavirus pandemic, but program leaders say
The funding will do little to further the initiative’s
Original mission of detecting and responding and
Peter Daszak, President of EcoHealth Alliance said
"Look at the name: Our efforts were to predict
This before it happens. That’s the part of the
Program that was exciting and that’s the part I’m
Worried about
It’s absolutely critical that we don’t drop
The idea of a large-scale, proactive, predictive
Program that tries to catch pandemics before
They happen
Cutting a program that could in any way reduce
The risk of things like COVID-19 happening
Again is, by any measure, shortsighted!!!"
It is unclear whether another five-year grant
Would have dulled the impact of the current
Coronavirus, but the Trump Administration has
Come under increased criticism for its past moves
To downgrade global health security, including
Proposals to slash funding to science agencies
And the elimination of the National Security
Council’s key global health post
Spokesman for USAID on the matter said
PREDICT was
just one component of USAID’s
Global health security efforts and accounted for
Less than 20% of our global health security funding
A new initiative to stop the spillover of viruses
From animals to humans is scheduled to be
Awarded in August 2020!!!"
The PREDICT project, which operated on two (2)
Five-year funding cycles that formally concluded
Last September 2009 enrolled both epidemiologists
And wildlife veterinarians to examine the types of
Interactions between animals and humans
That researchers suspect led to the current
Outbreak of COVID-19
Jonna Mazet, Executive Director of the One
Health Institute in the UC Davis School of
Veterinary Medicine, who served as the global
Director of PREDICT for a decade stated
"The pandemic didn’t surprise us, unfortunately
The work had been ongoing for some time and
When the crisis hits, everybody stands up and
Takes notice and says, ‘OK, we believe you!!!"
The PREDICT project launched in response
To the 2005 H5N1 bird flu scare
gathered
Specimens from more than 10,000 bats and 2,000
Other mammals in search of dangerous viruses
They detected about 1,200 viruses that could
Spread from wild animals to humans signaling
Pandemic potential
More than 160 of them were novel coronaviruses
Much like SARS-CoV-2
They also took blood samples from people
In rural China, and learned that, in living among
Wildlife they had been exposed to coronaviruses
A clear sign that if those viruses spread easily
Among humans, they could take off, Mazet said
"That raised the red flag
Coronaviruses were jumping easily across
Species lines and were ones to watch
For epidemics and pandemics!!!"
"The program also trained nearly 7,000 people
Across medical and agricultural sectors in 30
Countries in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East
To help them detect deadly new viruses
On their own and one of those labs was the
Wuhan Institute of Virology, the Chinese lab
That quickly identified SARS-CoV-2!!!"
The Wuhan lab received USAID funding
For equipment, and PREDICT coordinators
Connected the scientists there with researchers
In other countries in order to synchronize
tracking of novel viruses before SARS-CoV-2
The project’s second funding cycle concluded
On September 30, 2019, less than two (2) months
Before the new coronavirus probably began spreading
It was granted a zero-dollar six-month extension
Through March 2020 to write up final reports
Dennis Carroll, a widely respected scientist
Who headed USAID’s emerging threats division
Oversaw the initiative for its duration, but retired
Around the time it was shut down
Carroll did not respond to an inquiry from The
Times, but told the New York Times last year
That by January 2019, the program had
essentially
Collapsed into hibernation," and that its
Conclusion was due to "the ascension of risk
Averse bureaucrats!!!"
Other members of the consortium included
Columbia University’s Center for Infection
And Immunity and several institutes that manage
Major United States zoos
Earlier this year in 2020 as COVID-19 took off
United States lawmakers expressed frustration
Over the program’s end as Senators Elizabeth
Warren and Angus King wrote a letter to USAID’s
Administrators earlier this year in 2020 asking
For details on the decision stating on the matter
"Addressing and preventing the spread
Of coronavirus and potential pandemic
Disease outbreaks is a serious matter
That requires adequate resources for and
Cooperation between experts throughout
The federal government!!!"
On Wednesday, April 1, 2020 the PREDICT
Program was extended through September 2020
To offer emergency technical assistance to foreign
Labs battling the coronavirus pandemic
Peter Daszak, President of EcoHealth Alliance said
"To date, PREDICT-supported labs in Malaysia
Thailand and Indonesia are actively testing
For coronavirus and he has been sending
Reagents and other supplies to assist them!!!"
Jonna Mazet, Executive Director of the One
Health Institute in the UC Davis School of
Veterinary Medicine, who served as the global
Director of PREDICT for a decade said
"Meanwhile, in Rwanda, scientists who had been
Trained in the PREDICT program triggered early
Social distancing measures and I do think that what
We were doing has changed the outcomes for a lot
Of countries, but unfortunately, not our own!!!"
Peter Daszak, President of EcoHealth Alliance said
"He’s eager to further examine the hundreds of
Wildlife samples collected during the PREDICT
Initiative over the years, looking to identify whether
Any of them could have been intermediate hosts
For the virus currently sweeping the globe
But with the limited budget and timeline, efforts to
Continue in-depth field work under PREDICT will
Be minimal and most of the extension funding will
Be focused on squelching the current outbreak
And not preventing the next outbreak!!!"
"It’s common sense to know your enemy
Instead, we’re all hiding inside our houses as we
Wait around for a vaccine and that’s not a good
Global strategy to battling a dangerous virus!!!"
Chapter 3
Protests Against Lockdowns by States
Hundreds of people protested outside the
Michigan Capitol building in Lansing on
Thursday, April 30, 2020 with some pushing
Inside while the Legislature was debating an
Extension of Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s
State of emergency in response to the coronavirus
Pandemic and in according to NBC affiliate
WDIV of Detroit, protesters held signs, waved
American flags and even carried firearms
While some chanted
Let us in!
and "This is the people’s
House, you cannot lock us out!!!"
Others tried to get onto the House floor
But were blocked by state police and
And sergeants at arms
A state police spokesman told NBC News
That it is legal in Michigan to carry firearms
As long as it’s done with lawful intent and the
Weapon is visible
Michigan United for Liberty organized
The protest dubbed the American Patriot
Rally to call for the reopening of businesses
State lawmakers who are Republican led in
Both chambers on Thursday night, April 30,
2020 declined to extend the state’s emergency
Declaration before it expired at midnight
Instead, they voted to bring a lawsuit to
Challenge Whitmer’s authority and actions
To fight the coronavirus pandemic
The Democratic governor quickly issued new
Orders stating that an emergency still exists
While also declaring new 28-day states of
Emergency and disaster
Democratic Governor Whitmer after the
Legislature’s vote said in a statement
"Republican lawmakers are putting their
Heads into the sand and putting more
Lives and livelihoods at risk
I’m not going to let that happen!!!"
Whitmer, who has faced fierce backlash
For her strict stay-at-home mandate
Extended the order earlier this month until
May 15, 2020, but she eased some restrictions
On public activities as the state’s coronavirus
Cases stabilize, Michigan, however, still has more
Than 40,000 cases and is one of the hardest-hit states
Who is wise and understanding among you?
Let him show by good conduct that his works
are done in the meekness of wisdom. (Ja. 3:13)
But if you have bitter envy and self-seeking
in your hearts, do not boast and lie against
the truth. (Ja. 3:14)
This wisdom does not descend from above,
but is earthly, sensual, demonic. (Ja. 3:15)
For where envy and self-seeking exist,
confusion and every evil thing are there. (Ja. 3:16)
The emergency declaration gives Whitmer
Authority to issue executive orders during
A crisis and its extension is separate from that
Of the stay-at-home order
According to NBC affiliate WOOD of Grand
Rapids, as the protests moved indoors from the
Rainy steps of the Capitol, police took the
Like the Operation Gridlock
demonstration
April 15, 2020 over Whitmer’s stay-at-home order
Many demonstrators appeared to be supporters of
President Donald Trump, donning "Make American
Great Again" campaign hats and in one instance
Putting on a dance routine by two (2) girls wearing
Masks that appeared to be of President Trump
And former President Barack Obama
The Coronavirus Pandemic Crisis
is far from
Being over and it is not by any means whatsoever
Under control and these facts those who are wise
And understanding have received and accepted
And seek to follow recommended guidance
From medical experts specializing in this field
Of studies to stay at home and be safe and social
Distancing from one another of at least six (6) feet
However, there are those who are being wise
In their own eyes strongly pushing against medical
Experts’ recommended guidance who strongly seek
For things to be normalized as they were before
The outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic
Demanding states’ stay-at-home orders and
Social distancing guidance be lifted or rescinded
In spite of the possible dangers and likely deaths
That could and most likely will occur from such
Unrecommended gatherings during this deadly
Coronavirus pandemic crisis still lingering
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity.
The tongue is so set among our members
that it defiles the whole body,
and sets on fire the course of nature;
and it is set on fire by hell. (Ja. 3:6)
For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile
and creature of the sea, is tamed and
has been tamed by mankind. (Ja. 3:7)
But no man can tame the tongue.
It is an unruly evil,
full of deadly poison. (Ja. 4:8)
With it we bless our God and Father,
and with it we curse men, who have been
made in the similitude of God. (Ja. 3:9)
Out of the same mouth proceed blessing
and cursing. My brethren, these things
ought not to be so. (Ja. 3:10)
Does a spring send forth fresh water
And bitter from the same opening? (Ja. 3:11)
Can a fig tree, my brethren, bear olives,
or a grapevine bear figs?
Thus no spring yields
both salt water and fresh. (Ja. 3:12)
The heart of the righteous studies
how to answer,
But the mouth of the wicked
pours forth evil. (Prov. 15:28)
Do you see a man
wise in his own eyes?
There is more hope for a fool
than for him. (Prov. 26:12)
Do you see a man
hasty in his words?
There is more hope for a fool
than for him. (Prov. 29:29)
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during
A Fox News town hall at the Lincoln Memorial
In Washington, D.C., on Sunday, May 3, 2020
Anxious to spur an economic recovery without
Risking lives, President Donald Trump insists
That you can satisfy both,
see states gradually
Lift lockdowns while also protecting people from
The coronavirus pandemic that has killed
More than 66,000 Americans
President Donald Trump fielding questions
From Americans Sunday night, May 3, 2020
In a virtual town hall from the Lincoln Memorial
Acknowledged valid fears on both sides of the issue
Some people are worried about getting sick
Others are reeling from lost jobs and livelihoods
But while Trump increased his projection
For the total U.S. death total to 80,000 or 90,000
Up by more than 20,000 fatalities from what
He had suggested just a few weeks ago
President Trump struck a note of urgency
To restart
the nation’s economy declaring
We have to reopen our country, saying
"We have to get it back open safely
But as quickly as possible!!!"
After more than a month of being cooped
Up at the White House, Trump returned from
A weekend at the Camp David presidential retreat
In Maryland for the virtual town hall hosted
By Fox News Channel.
The president said of his monumental backdrop
We never had a more beautiful set than this!!!
As concerns mount about his reelection bid
Trump stuck to his relentlessly optimistic view
Of the nation’s ability to rebound soon, saying
"It is all working out
It is horrible to go through
But it is working out!!!"
Many public health experts believe the nation
Cannot safely reopen fully until a vaccine
Is developed, however, Trump declared Sunday
He believed one could be available by year’s end
U.S. public health officials have said a vaccine
Is probably a year to 18 months away
But Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading
Expert on infectious diseases and member of the
White House coronavirus task force said in late
April 2020 that it is conceivable if a vaccine is
Soon developed, that the vaccine could be in wide
Distribution as early as January 2021
Though the Trump administration’s handling
Of the coronavirus pandemic, particularly its
Ability to conduct widespread testing
has come
Under fierce scrutiny
as Trump tried to shift
The blame
to China and said the United States
Was ready to begin reopening its businesses, saying
"I’ll tell you one thing
We did the right thing and I really believe
We saved a million and a half lives!!!"
But Trump also broke with the assessment
Of his Senior Advisor and son-in-law Jared
Kushner, saying on the matter
"It was too soon to say the federal
Government had overseen a success story!!!"
Trump’s impatience also flashed out
While noting that states would go at their own
Pace in returning to normal, with the ones harder
By the coronavirus pandemic going slower
He showed his impatience and push saying
"Some states, frankly
I think aren’t going fast enough!!!"
President Trump singled out Virginia
which
Has a Democratic governor and legislature and
He urged the nation’s schools and universities
To return to classes this fall in 2020
Federal guidelines that encouraged people
To stay at home and practice social distancing
Expired last week on April 30, 2020
Debate continued over moves by governors
To start reopening state economies that tanked
After shopping malls, salons and other nonessential
businesses were ordered closed in attempt to slow
A coronavirus pandemic that has killed more
Than 66,000 Americans according to a tally
Of reported deaths by Johns Hopkins University
Chapter 4
The United States Economy Suffers
The United States economy has suffered
Shrinking at a 4.8% annual rate from January
Through March 2020 the government estimated
And roughly 30.3 million people have filed
For unemployment aid in the six (6) weeks since
The coronavirus outbreak forced employers
To shut down and slash their workforces
President Trump’s advisors have nervously
Watched his support slip in battle ground states
And Trump was told by his advisors last month
If the presidential election was held on that day
He would lose to former Vice President Joe Biden
As such, the urgency of Republicans placing
The reopening of the economy above the health
Safety and welfare of the American people
For President Trump’s re-election interests
Should be noted and emphasized as inhumane
Totally without compassion for the misery and
Suffering for the American people during this
Coronavirus pandemic for his personal interests
President Trump’s aides believe "restarting" the
Economy
even with its health risks, is essential
To a victory in November 2020 and are pushing
For Trump to pivot away
from discussions
About the coronavirus pandemic
and onto an
American comeback story
How is it that any decent and moral person
Having sympathy and empathy for others
Especially and in particularly those who have
Suffered and died during this coronavirus
Pandemic support and defend this idiot
Of a president that is only concerned about
Himself and himself only, seriously think
About and think about it seriously
These are thoughts and intentions of a wicked
Man with only his personal interests at heart
And to that end, Trump will begin traveling again
With a trip to a mask factory in Arizona planned
For Tuesday, May 4, 2020 and he is set to speak
In June 2020 at commencement for the United
States Military Academy at West Point
West Point students returning to campus for
Commencement will require graduates to self
Isolate for fourteen (14) days, but Trump insisted
That the event poses no risk to the cadets
The town hall which included an appearance
By Vice President Mike Pence included a rare
Mea culpa
or an acknowledgement for one’s
Own fault or error as Pence said he should have
Worn a facemask during a visit last week to
Minnesota’s Mayo Clinic in which his failure
To wear a mask violated the Mayo Clinic’s
Guidelines and drew significant criticism
Elsewhere in Washington, the Senate planned
To reopen Monday, April 5, 2020 despite the area’s
Continued status as a virus hot spot and with the
Region still under stay-at-home orders
The House remains shuttered as debate continues
On what the next stage of the economic recovery
May look like as state and local governments are
Seeking up to $1 trillion in coronavirus costs
Which has been met with some objections
By congressional Republicans
Trump said that while he thought common
Ground could be found with Democrats over
An infrastructure package, he concluded saying
"We’re not doing anything
Unless we get a payroll tax cut
That is so important
To the success of our country!!!"
President Trump’s proposal has been met
With objections from both parties
The leaders of California and Michigan
Are among governors under public pressure
Over lockdowns still in effect while states such
As Florida, Georgia and Ohio are reopening
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer
A Democrat said Sunday, May 3, 2020 that
"The armed protesters who demonstrated inside
Her state’s Capitol "depicted some of the worst
Racism and
awful parts" of United States
History by showing up with Confederate flags
Nooses and swastikas!!!"
Trump on Sunday night, May 3, 2020 singled
Out Whitmer and Washington Gov. Jay Inslee
Also, a Democrat for criticism even as he praised
The federal coordination with most governors
Trump also complained that some Democrats
Would rather people get sick
than given him
Any credit for pushing the use of a malaria drug
For treating COVID-19, though it has not been
Proven to be safe and effective for that use
Chapter 5
Assessment of Trump’s Character 2016
On May 4, 2016, about six (6) months prior
To the November 2016 presidential election
Bart Rossi a prominent political psychologist
Who holds a doctorate from Fordham University
Based on observation and not a medical
On Republican presidential frontrunner
Donald J. Trump make said the following
Trump has trouble with the truth and he has said
Things that he’s quite frankly wrong about and
That appear to be flat-out lies and fabrications
Rossi, whose career has included psychological
Evaluations of prison inmates and police officers
On President Donald Trump went on to say
"That doesn’t mean he’s pathological
Though I see him as a master manipulator
He’s deliberate in his fabrication
Pathological
means that someone is going
To go from one lie to the next to the next
Possibly without control; in Trump’s case
It could very well be the opposite
Trump doesn’t appear to be delusional
He knows what he’s saying is wrong!!!"
In the world according to Cruz ironically
The man Trump nicknamed Lyin Ted
while
Accusing him of underhanded campaign tactics
Trump would ostensibly fit the profile
Of a pathological liar
For example, Cruz claimed that practically
Everything Trump says is bull
Which would match the description at hand
Ted Cruz unleashed a stream of invective at
Republican presidential primary foe Donald
Trump on Tuesday, May 3, 2016 as voters
Headed to the polls in the crucial Indiana primary
Among the now-departed Cruz’s pronouncements
Trump is a
pathological liar!!!
The blustering billionaire frontrunner does
Display traits of an authoritarian personality
Based on observation, not a medical examination
"What happens is a lot of these so-called
Authoritarian figures, they really stretch things
They spin and they make things up that are really
Really not true and in Trump’s case to present
Himself as this authoritarian figure
He will basically say almost anything to get
More attention [for] himself!!!"
On top of that Trump’s penchant or habitual
Liking for something or tendency to do something
For exaggeration may feed on itself because Trump
Derives what Rossi called secondary gains
as a result
He gets encouraged because he can say things
That are outrageous and get away with it
And he goes down that road again
In short, Trump a former reality show star
Knows what his audience wants to hear
And how to convey it
"With Trump, it’s not the accuracy of what
He says that’s most important to his followers
They don’t even care if he’s going to build [a]
Wall on the U.S.-Mexico border as he’s promised
To do (on Mexico’s tab)
By saying he will build the wall he positioned
Himself as a strong leader who cares about
Bolstering national security or protecting American
Jobs supposedly being pilfered or stolen by immigrants
And anyway, as Rossi puts it, his followers want
Him to be a smackdown and putdown artist
Trump’s talk, whether claiming President Barack
Obama was not born in the United States or by
Some other unproven remark, has been lethal
To his opponents and Cruz is potentially next
On the chopping block as he stares down what
Could be his seventh (7th) straight loss in
Tuesday’s, May 3, 2016 Indiana GOP primary
If Trump becomes the nominee and Hillary
Clinton defeats Bernie Sanders for the
Democratic nomination, Rossi has a bit of advice
for the woman Trump calls Crooked Hillary
"They should [call him] Bankrupt Donald
I don’t think she should get into the gutter with
Him, I think she should have a pushback!!!"
From Rossi’s observation and my personal
Observation of Trump’s behavior practices
He has major problems with the truth
Has said and continues to say things that are
Quite frankly wrong and have proven to be
Flat-out lies and deliberate fabrications
He appears to hold idiosyncratic beliefs or
Impressions that are contradicted by reality or
Rational argument with false convictions
Not shared by other reasonable and sensible
Of honesty and integrity qualities
He is a master manipulator with his lies and
Uses his lies to gaslight those drawn into his web
Of deception filled with conspiracy theories about
Anything he opposes from his personal viewpoints
Whatever it takes to exalt himself he will do it
At the expense of belittling and crushing others
With his profoundly perverse and filthy mouth
Lying and stealing is the art of the deal from him
When Trump claimed Muslims celebrated
In New Jersey after 9/11, he set off a hunt
For evidence that did not materialize which
Never matter though to Trump because he had
Just completed another fabrication liken unto
The Obama birthism which has emboldened him
To be able to say anything and get away with it
Trump does not only present himself as an
Authoritarian figure but desperately desires being
An authoritarian figure like other strongmen he has
Admired and praised over the years reflects why he
Really stretch things, spinning and making things
Up premeditatedly and deliberately that are really
Not true while basically saying almost anything
To bring or to get more attention for himself
Which Trump does often and very often
This wicked man’s character is the same today
In May 2020 as it was the in May 2016
As a leopard never changes its spots applies
With Trump’s character as to how impossible
It is for him to change his wicked character
When he enjoys what he practices doing daily
His wisdom is earthly, sensual, demonic
But the wisdom that is from above
is first pure, then peaceable, gentle,
willing to yield, full of mercy and good
fruits, without partiality and without
hypocrisy. (Ja. 3:17)
Now the fruit of righteousness
is sown in peace by those
who make peace. (Ja. 3:18)
The wisdom of Donald J. Trump
Is certainly not from above but is
Earthly, sensual, demonic, and filled
With envy and self-ambition that drives
Him to boast and lie against the truth
Chapter 6
Ruin and Devastation in America
The American people are experiencing this high
Degree of ruin and devastation as a direct result
Of the reckless and careless handling of the
Coronavirus pandemic by the Trump administration
The handling of this coronavirus pandemic is one
If not the worst failure in United States history
The United States leads the world in the number
Of total coronavirus cases with 1,208,101 and total
Deaths with 69,579 as of May 4, 2020
Which equates to 13.7 times the total number
Of cases and 15.01 times the total number
Of deaths in China Mainland as of May 4, 2020
Spain is second (2nd) to the United states in the
Number of total cases with 247,122 which equates
To 4.9 times less cases than the United states
Italy is second (2nd) to the United states in the
Number of total deaths with 29,079 which equates
To 2.4 times less deaths than the United States
What has the United States done so terribly that
Has caused so many cases and deaths
Something went terribly wrong and that wrong
Was generated within the Trump administration
New models predict dramatically more deaths
As states relax shutdowns and social distance rules
An influential coronavirus model often cited by
The White House is now forecasting that 134,000
People will die of Covid-19 in the United States
Nearly double its previous prediction
The model, from the Institute for Health Metrics
And Evaluation at the University of Washington
Had predicted 72,433 deaths as of Monday
Morning, May 4, 2020
Relatedly, a Trump administration model projects
A rise in coronavirus cases and deaths in the weeks
Ahead, up to about 3,000 daily deaths in the U.S.
By June 1, 2020 according to an internal document
Obtained by The New York Times
Over the past week of April 27 thru May 3, 2020
About 2,000 people died daily in the United States
According to data from Johns Hopkins University
The sharp increases in the two (2) models are tied
To relaxed social distancing and increased mobility
In the United States across the country, including
FLORDIA, COLORADO, INDIANA, NEBRASKA
And SOUTH CAROLINA have eased restrictions
In attempt to revive a sputtering economy
and
Calm restless residents
in their impatience
Impatient dead people cannot work and impatient
Dead people have no need to be calmed from their
Restlessness here on this earth any longer
HME Director Dr. Christopher Murray told CNN’s
Wolf Blitzer that other factors included states adding
Presumptive coronavirus deaths to their statistics and
The rising number of cases in some meatpacking plants
In the country, states have to balance their actions, saying
"I think the challenge for us all is to figure out what’s
The trajectory of relaxing social distancing on a
Measured pace that will protect us from big increases
Or even a full-scale resurgence!!!"
The projections make clear
That these re-openings come with fatal risks
CNN’s Senior Medical Correspondent Elizabeth
Cohen stated on the matter of re-opening
"It’s simple logic: When you tell people
Hey, you can go to bars, you can get your
Nails done, you can go to a restaurant
Those numbers are going to go up!!!"
The novel coronavirus’s incubation period
Or the time from exposure to developing symptoms
Ranges from two (2) to fourteen (14) days
According to the CDC and the coronavirus can even
Spread among people who show no symptoms at all
With widespread testing
still limited
The consequences
of these re-openings
May not be evident for several weeks.
Ali Mokdad, a Professor of Health Metrics
Sciences at IHME told CNN’s John King that there
Are several reasons for the increased projections, saying
"One of them is increased mobility before the
Relaxation, premature relaxation, of social distancing
We’re adding more presumptive deaths as well, and
We’re seeing a lot of outbreaks in the Midwest
For example, multiple variables impact infections
Like heat, testing capacity and population density
But the most important one is mobility; Right now
We’re seeing an increase in mobility
That’s leading to an increase in mortality
Unfortunately, in the U.S.!!!"
Coronavirus has killed more than 68,000 people
In the United States and infected more than 1,180,000
According to data from Johns Hopkins University
President Donald Trump had previously said
He expected 65,000 Americans to die, but on
Sunday night, May 3, 2020 he revised that
Estimate death toll up to 80,000-90,000 people
It may not be the last upward revision
Dr. Deborah Birx, a White House Coronavirus
Task Force official, said projections have shown
Between 100,000 to 240,000 American deaths
Even with social distancing in place
In CALIFORNIA, anger had been rising
at
Governor Newsom for keeping some beaches closed
Two (2) beach cities in Southern California
Dana Point and Huntington Beach "voted to file
An injunction" last week against the governor’s order
To temporarily close all beaches in Orange County
Newsom said Monday, May 4, 2020 that two (2)
Other cities, Laguna Beach and San Clemente
Can reopen on a limited basis: law enforcement
In those areas put together an outstanding plan
To reopen the beaches and that other beach opening
Announcements could happen in the coming days
Governor Newsome also said Monday, May 4, 2020
That some stores in California will be allowed to open
At the end of the week (around May 11, 2020)
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said he does not
Think the city will reopen earlier than May 15, 2020
And SAN FRANCISCO Mayor London Breed said
They may need more time to open businesses
Responsibly so they don’t undo progress made
Against Covid-19, at a press conference saying
"We’re talking about new guidelines for restaurants
Now and we’re talking about new guidelines
For gyms and other places, but can we say
Definitively that those businesses are going
To be open this Friday, May 8, 2020
No, we can’t, and we don’t want San Francisco
To go backwards!!!"
Chapter 7
Further Re-Opening of the Economy
Among the other states re-openings that started
Monday, May 4, 2020 are the following
In COLORADO offices can reopen at 50% capacity
With other guidelines, including allowing 6 feet
Between employees’ desks and increased cleaning
Still, the state encourages businesses to allow
Telecommuting when possible
In FLORIDA phase one (1) of reopening begins
That phase allows non-urgent surgeries and
Restaurants can open for outdoor dining with 6
Feet between tables and indoor seating at 25%
Capacity and can reopen at 25% capacity
Other businesses including bars, gyms and
Hair salons will remain closed and three (3)
Highly populated counties
are not included
In NEBRASKA most churches, salons and
Restaurants can reopen
In SOUTH CAROLINA, the work-or-home
Order
is being made voluntary and restaurants
Can begin outdoor dining
In VERMONT Governor Phil Scott expects
Thousands of residents to return to work after
An executive order
that allows them to operate
With new safety rules
and manufacturing
Construction and distribution businesses
Can operate with ten (10) or fewer employees
Stay-at-home orders
also expire
Monday
May 11, 2020 in KANSAS and WEST VIRGINIA
Even in reopening states, officials continue
To recommend people stay at least 6 feet away
From others, wear a face covering outside the
Home, wash their hands frequently and avoid
Touching their face
The public pressure to ease restrictions is rising
Even in states with significant outbreaks, and this
Weekend, thousands gathered in CALIFORNIA
To protest coronavirus restrictions, leading to 32
Arrests at the state Capitol
In MASSACHUSETTS demonstrators on Monday
May 4, 2020 gathered outside the State House
In Boston and CNN affiliate WCVB said some
Of the hundreds of protesters wore masks
As is required, but most did not.
In CHICAGO, the nation’s third most-populous
City with 2.7 million residents has reached the sad
Milestone of 1,000 coronavirus deaths and
According to Mayor Lori Lightfoot at least 1,014
Have died according to the city’s health department
In two (2) months the number of coronavirus deaths
In the city of CHICAGO has now more than doubled
The amount of homicides
in the city in 2019
NEW YORK Governor Andrew Cuomo reported
That the number of intubations
in the state hit
Hardest by coronavirus
is down, and the total
Number of hospitalizations
is below 10,000
For the first (1st) time since March 2020
Still Governor Cuomo has expressed frustration
With the slow decline in cases, especially compared
With how rapidly cases increased initially, saying
"We’re on the other side of the mountain
But the decline from the mountain is not as
Steep as the incline, but the improvement does
Not mean the nation can let down its guard!!!"
BOSTON Mayor Marty Walsh said numbers
In his city have been steady for a few days
But he is concerned about relaxing restrictions
On CNN’s "The Situation Room With Wolf
Blitzer" Mayor Marty Walsh stated
"I appreciate that people are wanting to open
Up the economy; I want to open up the economy
"I also want to save people’s lives
And I find that that’s my job right now
And that’s what every governor and every
Mayor in the United States of America’s job
Should be right now, is saving lives
And reducing the spread of the virus!!!"
White House Coronavirus Task Force member
Dr. Anthony Fauci also warned
that lifting
Measures prematurely
could lead to a "rebound
Of the virus" that could put the United States
In the same boat that we were a few weeks ago
And a second (2nd) round of the virus is inevitable
Its severity will depend on how prepared the
Nation is!!!"
People flooded outdoor spots amid "relaxed
Restrictions" and a heat wave, and police had
Challenges
at some outdoor spaces, including
A "lack of social distancing and "limited use
Of face masks"
For example, the Miami Beach Police
Department announced it would close South
Pointe Park again until further notice due to
"Non-compliance"
Across Miami Beach over the weekend more
Than 7,300 warnings
were issued for failure
To wear a face covering
according to police
More than 470 warnings
were issued for
Failing to social distance
and more than 1,300
People were asked to leave parks
after closing
In NEW YORK where parks were full of socially
Distanced sunbathers this weekend, Gov. Cuomo
Said Sunday, May 3, 2020 that not wearing a mask
In public is disrespectful
to others
NEW YORK CITY Mayor Bill de Blasio
Announced Monday, May 4, 2020 "to solve
That New York City is distributing 7.5 million
Face coverings at various locations around the city"
Five (5) million three-ply non-medical masks
And 2.5 million cloth face coverings will be
Distributed wherever social distancing guidelines
Are enforced, including grocery stores, public parks
And the Staten Island Ferry; The face coverings will
Also be made available at New York Housing
Authority sites and city-provided meal program sites!!!"
Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie
Said Monday, May 4, 2020 that the country
Needs to reopen, despite separate key coronavirus
Models forecasting that thousands may die daily
In the United States from Covid-19 and that more
Than 100,000 may die in total, told CNN’s Dana
Bash on The Daily DC Podcast
stating
"Of course, everybody wants to save every life
They can but the question is towards what end
Ultimately and are there ways that we can thread
The middle here to allow that there are going
To be deaths and there are going to be deaths
No matter what; that we’ve got to let some of these
Folks get back to work, because if we don’t we’re
Going to destroy the American way of life
In these families and it will be years and years
Before we can recover!!!"
Christie, a Republican tapped to lead President
Donald Trump’s presidential transaction team
In 2016 comments made Monday, May 4, 2020
Echoed similar characterizations by other
Republicans including President Donald Trump
That the economic impact
of coronavirus is just
As devastating
to the nation as the virus itself
When Bash pressed Christie on whether people
Would be able to accept reopening in light of news
Of a Trump administration model projecting a rise up
To about 3,000 daily US deaths
from coronavirus
By June 1, 2020 Christie responded saying
"They’re gonna have to
We’re in the midst of a pandemic
That we haven’t seen in over 100 years
And we’re going to have to continue
To do things!!!"
With governors facing mounting pressure
Mounting to reopen their states’ economies and
Trump itching to scale back on social distancing
Nationwide as soon as possible, more than half
Or 50% of states had lifted aspects of their stay
At-home orders as of Monday, May 4, 2020
Yet, a separate influential coronavirus model often
Cited by the White House is now forecasting that
134,000 people will die
of Covid-19 in the US
Which nearly double its previous prediction
The model from the Institute for Health Metrics
And Evaluation at the University of Washington
Had predicted 72,433 deaths
as of Monday
Morning, May 4, 2020
Christie, asked Monday, May 4, 2020 what his
Messaging would be to the American public if he
Sat in the Oval Office responded saying as follows
"The message is that the American people
Have gone through significant death before!!!"
Christie pointed to the first and second World
Wars as examples of how we’ve gone through it
And we’ve survived it; We sacrificed those lives
"We sent our young men during World War
II over to Europe, out to the Pacific, knowing
Knowing that many of them would not come
Home alive and we decided to make that sacrifice
Because what we were standing up
For was the American way of life
In the very same way now, we have to
Stand up for the American way of life!!!"
Former Governor Christie lamented the "economic
Devastation" as equally sad,
and told Bash that
"While he wasn’t advocating for crowded public
Gatherings like rock concerts or football games
We have to let certain people get back to work
Because I can see my own state here!!!"
Christie encouraged vulnerable populations
To stay indoors, as they’re the ones who are gonna
Really swallow this burden badly, the elderly and
Those with respiratory diseases, depressed immune
Systems from cancer treatments or other things, saying
"Those folks are going to have to be even more
Careful than the rest of the population
I don’t know what the choice is!!!"
Chapter 8
President Trump Blames China
On Thursday, March 19, 2020 Trump blamed China
President Trump emphatically blamed China
For the coronavirus pandemic and again made
A point of using the term Chinese virus,