THE WARPED MIND OF DONALD TRUMP

From Worldometer:

        DAY  USA  WORLD   Brazil    India    South Africa

June     9     1093    4732        1185       246          82

July    22     1205    7128        1293      1120         572

Aug    12     1504     6556       1242       835         130

Sept     3      1094    5886        830     1083         174
            9      1208    6222        1136      1168          82

Oct      8        957    6420         730       967        160

          12       316     3757           203       710          83

          13       843     5006           354      723       165

          14       970     6075           716       694       123

          19       442     4392           321       594         21

          20       952     6169           662       714       164

          21     1225     6849            571       703         85

          22       973     6470           503       683       102

          23       903     6526          566       656        48 

          24       784     5599          398       575         53

          25       442     4629          237       463         24

          26       529     5095          288       505        40

          27     1039      7023          530       519         45

          28     1030      7116          487       509         58

          29     1047      7172          565       568         53

          30       988      7513          529       550         66

Summary:   

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  The USA had 101,461 new cases yesterday, the highest ever.  According to Dr. Jonathan Reiner of George Washington University, in two weeks we'll start seeing 2,000 people a day dying in this country.
• France is #2 with 49,215 new cases and Italy #4 with 31,082.
• Belgium had 23,921 new cases.  They have a population of 11.5 million.  The USA has 328 million people.  The ratio difference is a factor of 28.6.  Multiply 23,921 by 28.6 and you get 329 million.  We had our worst day ever, but percentage-wise, Europe, particularly Belgium, is in a terrible new wave. 

If you could somehow meld the nature and character of all previous 44 U.S. presidents, you would have an individual who would be a good person you could trust.  PUS #45, Donald Trump, would be the complete antithesis, lying cheat, narcissistic, misogynistic, racist...anyone should be able to come up with a dozen and more without even trying.

He is reasonably intelligent with some PR sense.  So what is wrong?  His upbringing, for sure, well documented by niece Mary Trump in her book, Too Much and Not Enough.

Very simply, the problem with our president is that he is warped, leading to a distortion of true reality.  He has certain ideals, some good.  Make American Great.  Nothing wrong with that.  Aim for fair trade. Fine.  Strengthen the economy.  Terrific.

In other areas, it is too much about himself.  The judiciary?  Judges and the Attorney General?  These are his courts and his personal lawyer.  Shouldn't they be for the people?  Sure, but after him first.

The trouble, too, is that he has goals that distort the reality.  

• If something threatens his economy and stock market, he thinks he can overcome by ignoring it.  What is a little flu that kills a few?  
• Tests?  No, no...that would only increase the number of cases.  
• Masks?  That shows weakness.  
• What about those epidemiologists like Dr. Anthony Fauci?  Ignore them, for they don't know the value of the economy.  
• What if this novel coronavirus is worse than what seemed originally?  Blame governors.  
• In his warped mind, he has a satisfactory answer to everything, as long as the economy can be improved.

He never expected to be elected president.  But now that he experienced the power of the president, he wants to be in the White House until he dies, just like those he admires:  Putin, Kim and Xi.  Apparently, he can't be thrown in jail while heading the country.

But drats, COVID-19 threw a monkey wrench into his desired plans, for he can read the polls, and he surely will lose this second time.  There is a chance that at midnight eastern time, he could be ahead of Biden.  He has laid the groundwork for this possibility, where he would declare victory and sue states if they counted any further, planning that the Supreme Court would eventually decide.  He can't lose on this basis.  

The matter of global warming is also on Trump's rejection list, for he sees that inconvenience as an affront to his economy efforts.  He says it's a hoax, and goes out of his way to "save" fossil fuels through the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Interior.  I suspect this attitude will pull away at least 1% of Republican votes away from him, which would make a 2% difference in battleground states.

But he could be worse.  For example, the lieutenant-governor of Texas, Dan Patrick, has said there are more important things than living.  He urged grandparents to die for the sake of American economy.  Trump has not quite said this, but it's on his mind.  That's why older people, especially in Florida, are turning away from him.  Republicans who have seen the light and senior citizens, with women in general, will make the difference this year.

This is how warped minds work.  Trump probably today feels comfortable that he will be president for life.  This strategy might work if he can be ahead in Florida after the first reading.  Unfortunately that is one of those states that will have pre-counted early votes, and chances are, based on the previous paragraph, that Biden will show a lead.  He can't declare victory under these circumstances.

Here is the key paragraph that will prevent an illegal Trump coup:

While election officials in the swing states of Michigan and Pennsylvania are telling voters it may take a few days before results are tallied in full, officials in Arizona, Florida and North Carolina, where mail-in ballots can be processed far in advance, are expecting to have results more quickly. But if the contest is close in those states, a final count could take a long time as absentee ballots sent close to Election Day trickle in.

By now you no doubt have heard of The Lincoln Project, a group of Republicans who banded together to prevent the re-election of Donald Trump.  Here is one of their typical ads.

Song #60 is a tribute to Ethel Merman, with two finalists:

• Everything's Coming Up Roses
• There's No Business Like Show Business

Ethel Merman played Annie Oakley in the 1946 production of Annie Get Your Gun by Irvin Berlin.  Hits were aplenty.  Then came the film of that show in 1950 film featuring Betty Hutton singing  There's No Business Like Show Business.  Here are eight performances from 1953 to 1981 of There's No Business Like Show Busines by Ethel Merman.  This, after all, is the ultimate show business song.

Out of almost nowhere came Super Typhoon Goni, strengthening from 100 MPH to 180MPH in one day.  Now, on Sunday, it's up to 195 MPH, the strongest in this region since Super Meranti in 2016 and Super Typhoon Haiyan, and causing havoc over the Philippines:

How strong is 195 MPH?  Nothing making landfall in the USA is close.  Not as dangerous today is Tropical Storm Atsani, which will head in the general direction of Guam.

YOU SHOULD BE AWARE THAT AT 2AM SUNDAY NIGHT (tonight) at 2AM most clocks in the USA will fall back to 1AM, ending daylight savings time.  You will gain an extra hour of sleep.  This concept was introduced by Ben Franklin in 1784.  Nothing much was done until 1916 when Germany, during World War I, moved their clock an hour ahead to save fuel.  The USA followed suit in 1918.  But this soon ended until World War II, when it was brought back.

The confusion came in 1966 when the Uniform Time Act was implemented, using March and November as the beginning and end months.  Arizona and Hawaii opted out.

I will bring this to discussion sometime soon, but should we abandon daylight savings time?  In fact, would it make any good sense to have the whole world at the same time?  That is, at midnight, the whole world is at midnight?  Think about it.

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