Pants on Fire

Since the first information came out of Wuhan, China, concerning the deadly coronavirus, Donald Trump has bungled the U.S. response by calling it a “hoax” perpetrated by Democrats in order to make him look bad (as if he needed any help in that regard). He has done this in various and transparent ways. He has lied due to unparalleled ignorance. He has lied in the interest of political self-preservation. He has lied and quickly contradicted himself without shame or remorse. To occasionally break this cycle of deliberate lie after deliberate lie, he deftly switches gears and spews the unhinged ramblings of someone who has simply lost touch with reality.

Just a few examples over a mere one-month span:

Feb. 24:  “The coronavirus is very much under control. Stock market starting to look very good.”  Consecutive lies.