2020 Election MEGAthread

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Originally Posted by Convict [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I keep seeing this but nobody provides their expect opinion on how it could have been handled better...

I keep seeing this too. And gets asked and answered.

Very few people have expert opinions on this. And we don't listen to the people that do because, well, MAGA.

1. Do not disband/reorganize the CSHBU. That's the way we fought them over there so we didn't have to fight them over here.

2. Do not politicize PPE.

3. Do not seize PPE orders that states have paid for and reallocate/redirect them. And if you do, certainly don't send the gear overseas. And if you do that, certainly don't send the PPE to your creditors.

4. Do not lie to the public about the severity of the disease because you're scared a Wall Street panic response (which is coming anyway) will hurt your personal reelection aspirations.

5. Don't spread conspiracy theories and unsubstantiated claims about the efficacy of certain treatments -- you're not a medical doctor.

6. Don't be an overt racist so that every executive order you give on international travel and immigration is scrutinized by the courts and politicized by your opponents. Intent matters under the law.

Trump had a golden opportunity. Take command. Be humbled, measured, and calm. Call the American people together and rally us as a nation to endure and persevere. Doing just those few things gets you a long way -- ask Rudy. But no, he had to make it about him just like he does everything else.