‘The world would be better off isolating Trump during the Covid-19 crisis...’
AS MORE than 140 Brits found themselves marooned on board a cruise liner off the coast of California because of coronavirus, Donald Trump was in no doubt what to do.
“I like the numbers being where they are. I don’t need to have the numbers double because of one ship,” he explained, saying he wanted the Grand Princess kept off the US mainland.
Already one elderly man had died while on board, and there was no way the President was prepared to risk his re-election for the sake of those 3,500 left stranded at sea.
That’s because Trump doesn’t care about people. He cares about one person – himself.
This week as the virus really took hold, most world leaders have been forced to put the health of the public ahead of the health of the economy.
The British medical journal, The Lancet, backed up the move, effectively writing how no country could have it both ways when it comes to COVID-19.
It was of course obvious there was only one option to take. But not in Donnie’s world.
In every public appearance from him so far, Trump’s position has been clear – wealth before health.
You only need to hear what he said when speaking about leaving the Grand Princess at sea to understand where his heart and mind are at.
“The [coronavirus] tests are all perfect. Like the letter was perfect. The transcription was perfect. This was not as perfect as that, but pretty good.” Trump said, turning what is a global crisis into another whinge over how his conversation with the Ukrainian President led to his impeachment.
His addiction to lying, his vindictiveness, his unbridled narcissism and his fear of germs all
SO, Bill Clinton says his affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky was his way to “manage my anxieties”.
The former President has spoken candidly about his infidelity in a new documentary about his wife, Hillary.
Discussing his liaison with Lewinsky, who at the time was a 22-year-old on work experience, he said it came at a great moment of stress in his life.
“You feel like you’re staggering around, you’ve been in a 15 round prize fight that was extended to 30 rounds and here’s something that will take your mind off it for a while, that’s what happens,” he said.
“Because there, whatever life – not just me. Everybody’s life has pressures and disappointments, terrors, fears of whatever.
“Things I did to manage my anxieties for years. I’m a different, totally different person than I was, a lot of that stuff 20 years ago.”
Clinton’s affair led him to become only the second president to be impeached (until Trump).
He was charged with perjury to a grand jury and obstruction of justice after he famously lied saying “I did not have sexual relations with that woman,” – but was subsequently cleared by the Senate.
Discussing his former mistress, Clinton added: “I feel terrible about the fact that Monica Lewinsky’s life was defined by it, unfairly I think.
“Over the years, I’ve watched her trying to get a normal life back again, but you’ve got to decide how to define normal.”
Sexually exploiting a young woman for your own physical pleasure then blaming it on the “pressures of the job” is something else.
Most people go through periods of anxiety, but it doesn’t mean they cheat on their partners.