Trump, always concerned with his ratings. The guy really is incapable of realizing what is going on around him. His narcissism, out of control unfettered unchecked nauseating narcissism literally blinds him to reality. In the midst of this pandemic this colossal failure of a (in every single sense of the word) man, is more concerned with ratings than with the number of people in his country who have fallen to COVID-19. People have died. Period. Nothing matters more than that. That and saving lives. Nothing. Not ratings. Not a "tremendous" economy. Not the "perfect" transcript. Not the "do-nothing Dems." Not the "fake news." Nothing. But here we are, in Trump world, where ratings matter more than lives and where daily press conferences to inform, direct, comfort and lead his country through this crisis turn into nothing other than a self stroking of his own ego and a lashing out at any journalist who dares to challenge him. He shuts down discussion giving only those journalists who curry his favor a meaningful response, the emperor has no clothes indeed.
Imagine being someone whose loved one passed away alone in a hospital from this virus, then turning on the news or seeing on social media the President boasting about his ratings from a press conference he held about the very virus that killed your loved one. That his numbers were on par with or better than Monday Night Football or The Bachelor season finale. Just imagine that. Is he f-ing serious? It truly is mind boggling the size of this mans balls. That takes a lot of balls. I'll say this, people may have short memories when it comes to f-ups, but not this time. It is my belief that people will carry to the polls with them the pain and anger they will still bear come November 3, and one simple stroke of a pen may just bring to them some relief.