@Mesaclone Thank you for the reply. I understand your points, and I'd like to think I have two brain cells, but from my perspective the President is occupied with damage control. He might be less than thrilled about being forced to do a lot of vetting to prevent further political embarrassment. I have a hunch the GOP is going to be politically damaged by the coronavirus mostly due to the President, so If I was a Republican during this National Emergency...A National Emergency that was freaking people out to the point they were buying guns, stockpiling food and medical supplies, and panic selling away 3 years of growth...well then I would want every story to be about the GOP fixing some of that. I wouldn't want the news story to be about judges, or investigations into Hunter Biden. But I'll admit I don't understand what motivates the GOP anymore.
You seem to be emoting, simply taking your feelings of dislike and disapproval of the President and seeking out confirmation bias within various media narratives related to our Coronavirus response...without acknowledging that the source of these narratives is deeply partisan and starkly lacking any factual support.
In evidentiary terms, the President and his administration have been light years ahead of European, Chinese and other world nations in mitigating this situation and in terms of getting information out to the public....DESPITE a media that is deliberately and almost absurdly partisan. The early bans on Chinese, Italian and Iranian travel...and the quick ban on European travel...have been decisive and seemingly effective. Further, States have been given access to vast federal resources and even rivals like Gavin Newsome have...at times...been, grudgingly, forced to express gratitude to the President for his response and support. Further, in putting the VP in charge of outbreak management and in placing Dr. Fauci as the centerpiece of our national response...he has communicated his seriousness and focus on this issue. As importantly, he is setting an example that our national response be decisive and honest whilst still advocating against panic and absurdities like stocking toilet paper.
As to the markets, pumping cash into the system and coordinating with banks to advance any and virtually all cash reserves for struggling businesses...advocating for extensive use of sick leave...and he is now talking of payroll tax cuts and other "pumping" of the economic drivers that will, over time, reassure the markets and set things up for a spring-loaded bounce once we hit the downside of the viral infection curve.
Put directly, the President has taken sharp and effective mitigative actions to flatten the viral curve, calm the markets to the extent they CAN be calmed, and to reassure citizens not to panic. The media can paint this any way they'd like, and yes there will be imperfections in our response...particularly visible in hindsight as is always the case in a crisis...but a strong pattern of extraordinarily good decision making throughout this crisis.
What "motivates" the GOP is not confusing or complex. Common sense and conservative policy that puts taking care of the people of THIS nation first...and strong leadership that won't wilt in the face of a partisan media barrage.
