1. Obama: “More than anything, this pandemic has fully, finally torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge know what they’re doing. A lot of them aren’t even pretending to be in charge.” True: USA has no national leadership now during an emergency.
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2. Trump has done something remarkable: he's gone AWOL in plain sight. He's everywhere (on TV, on twitter) but not really engaged with the crisis. He's pretending to be president while being president. That "Independence Day" tweet was a tell.
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Jeet Heer Retweeted Andrew Desiderio
3. Trump's not the only disappearing act. Since impeachment, congress seems to have given up oversight (and the GOP never even tried). All the more dangerous since Trump is squashing all dissent inside the government.https://twitter.com/AndrewDesiderio/status/1262401242724261889 …
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Andrew DesiderioVerified account @AndrewDesiderioConfirmed: State Dept IG Steve Linick was also looking into Trump’s emergency declaration to sell arms to Saudi Arabia. “We don’t have the full picture yet, but it’s troubling that Secretary Pompeo wanted Mr. Linick pushed out before this work could be completed,” Rep Engel saysShow this thread4 replies 43 retweets 228 likesShow this thread -
4. Unless something unexpected happens, Trump is going to be president until at least January 20, 2021. In normal times, that would be bad, in a pandemic it's truly catastrophic. No chance of national leadership for 8 months.
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Replying to @HeerJeet
I think Trump will resign a week early so Pence can pardon him
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Replying to @HeerJeet
Constitutionally iffy, a Pence pardon is more of a sure thing.
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