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red sox 777 posted...

I actually disagree. I think Trump's best chance is probably to go for herd immunity by September. Then he can declare victory over the virus and say that we are going to lead the world economically for years because we can run at 100% while other countries will still need to have social distancing. But for that to happen, a lot more people need to get sick now. People are very quick to forget the past as long as the present is good.

This could also result in him being extremely unpopular for not caring about life. Not sure which way the wind will blow on that, but I can see the scenario where people don't blame him for the deaths and decide that sooner or later, all the countries will suffer the same level of death (plus a lot of pain from economic collapse).

I'm not sure making it so most Americans personally know someone who has died of covid is a winning strategy, but I guess that's one approach!
(Though actually Trump can't just unilaterally decide to do this; most people will continue to distance, and many states aren't going to take their cues from Trump. Masks are the one thing he could substantially affect by himself).

HeroDelTiempo17 posted...

What should he do about the incoming economic meltdown that will occur during the epidemic because we've done the bare minimum to address it?

Good point on this one; if Congress doesn't extend unemployment benefits etc things are going to go even more to hell very quickly (I'm predicting a month of that and then Mitch comes to the table in a last ditch effort to save his majority).

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