Trump’s dangerous diagnosis
MANY WERE willing to believe that with the chaotic presidency of Donald Trump since 2017, and with all the egregious steps of his historically altering leadership (or the very lack of it), nothing bad would stick to him.
Maybe even the president actually believed that he could expose himself to COVID-19 and not contract it. But it has happened, and the occurrence has presented the United States of America (US), the region, and the global community with major challenges.
As much as our humanity urges us to wish the president and his wife all the best, we must face the fact that he botched the US’s response to the outbreak in February. The fact is that at every step of this most tumultuous presidency, Trump has never fully connected the obvious dots between his role and that of the 330 million making up the US.
Not at any stage of his presidency has Trump fully appreciated that his constituency goes far outside of those who form his core constituents. It has been all about those who he believes worship him and who can provide his lonely soul with unquestionable and unconditional love.
The permutations from here on are many, and even more scarily, in every scenario, they do not point to a good place.
MARK GOLDING STEPS ON THE GAS EARLY
Last Wednesday, I listened keenly to an interview on Nationwide’s most compelling Front Page. Amid a range of questions from Danielle Archer and Wayne Walker, as an obvious front runner for the presidency of the People’s National Party (PNP), Golding’s précis of the state of the PNP and what needs to be done to get its machinery up and running drove me to the early conclusion that he is the right man for the job.
Were I asked to judge his presentation on the authenticity of his prescription and the believability of his message, I would give it 9.75 out of 10.
He struck all the right tones as he figuratively reached out to PNP supporters, delegates, and political watchers, along with the