People need to see their leader. It’s a national security issue. Is the one in charge alive and well? Rumors about Kim Jong-Un’s health often send tremors of doubt through and around North Korea. We don’t want the same doubt in America. Doctor’s, however, have a narrower and more specific perspective.
Presidents get sick. This is something that happens to almost every president sooner or later. Not if, but when it happens, gossip columns circle questions about transitions of power, mostly to capitalize on curiosity from the country.
President Trump’s diagnosis with the pneumoniavirus will lionize him in the minds of the electorate. Now, he is more involved and affected by the virus and is no longer an outsider. He is the victim of China and champion of the people. That’s the political script playing out. It can’t hurt him in the election, only boost his numbers—because of how he responds.
He learns. He stays strong. He takes precautions. He hates the unpopular masks. He defies doctors’ orders—something most Americans love doing. He quarantines himself—something most Americans identify with. He keeps working—because we’re all depending on him. Without this response, he would have hurt his own numbers. He chose to respond with “involved strength”. Everything is okay if we make it okay, and that’s what the president did.
As for the Senate, they found their excuse to step up the suspense and delay of confirming Amy Coney Barrett. Isn’t that a politically miraculous coincidence!
Equally coincidental are China and Biden. Neither can say bad things about a man who is sick in the hospital. That’d be like punching a man with glasses. China has to roll back its aggression in the South and East seas or else be seen as an even greater aggressor by the rest of the West.
It’s funny how things always seem to work out. None of this was planned, not in the least. It was all a miraculous, convenient coincidence. Nothing more.
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Trump leaves hospital to visit supporters outside gate // RTÉ
Inside Walter Reed’s ‘Presidential Suite’ where Trump is staying // NY Post
Trump, stricken by COVID-19, flown to military hospital // AP
Trump Tests Positive for the Coronavirus // NY Times
Election
Law
Judge rules Barr violated law in selecting law enforcement panel members // CNN
Donald Trump nominates Amy Coney Barrett to US Supreme Court // Financial Times
Will four Republican senators break with their party on RBG’s Supreme Court seat? // Politico
Senate GOP set to vote on Trump’s Supreme Court pick before election // The Hill
Congress
Ron Johnson: Senate GOP’s third positive Covid-19 case threatens quick Barrett confirmation // CNN
White House
Journalists who work at the White House are testing positive for Covid-19 // CNN
Rank & Defense
New high-speed Army satellites accelerate attacks on enemy tanks // Fox News
Radical Extremism & Terrorism
Inside ISIS’ new capital as terrorists carry out beheadings and take sex slaves // Daily Star
Science, Weather & Health
Chris Christie tests positive. Former governor checks himself into hospital as a precaution // CNN