July 2020
“Trump returned to the coronavirus briefing, in which the president boasted that ‘we are in the process of developing a strategy that is going to be very, very powerful.’ Wait, you finally have a strategy, and your strategy is to develop a strategy? Well now we know why you never wear a mask, because all you care about is covering your ass. You don’t get credit for a thing you should’ve done half a year ago. Newfound serious tone aside, Trump insisted on using the racist nickname China virus for the disease during the briefing. OK, sure, the virus came from China, but the country you govern leads the world in the number of cases and deaths. Calling it the China virus doesn’t make you less responsible for totally blowing the response here. That’s like blaming Mexico for getting your ding-dong stuck in a bottle of Tequila.” —Stephen Colbert
“To give him credit, yesterday’s virus-side chat showed the kind of strong, thoughtful leadership we need …-ed in January.” —Stephen Colbert
“A magisterial collection. A combination of Bukowski’s Last Night On Earth and Orwell’s 1984.”
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