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America craves watching a train wreck, especially a political one.  Remember Jimmy Carter sitting at the White House in a sweater, telling everyone to turn down their thermostats in that last winter of his term.  Or recall the Iranian Hostage Crisis?  These failures at crisis management were the Waterloo battles of President Carter.  Will coronavirus be The Donald's "you're fired" moment?

President Trump has been ruthlessly efficient at dodging blame by blaming others, including subordinates and faithful.  It will be hard for him to find a scapegoat for coronavirus.  In 1979, Carter squirmed through his re-election campaign while the Middle East cartel and Iran left him twisting in the wind.  In 2020, a tiny virus may show us how The Donald can squirm.  It should be spectacular.

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  1. EddyFebruary 26, 2020 at 11:35 AM

    Proxy Squirmer - https://thehill.com/homenews/media/484506-limbaugh-claims-coronavirus-is-being-weaponized-to-bring-down-trump

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