President Trump suggesting an unproven cure for Covid-19 asked “What do you have to lose?”. Candidate Donald Trump put it a bit more colorfully when he asked black voters, and maybe by extension all of us, “What the hell do you have to lose?”

Now about 3 and a half years into the Trump Presidency we know at least part of the answer.

President Donald Trump seems to be trying to purge everyone from the government who believes in checks and balances and might stand-up for America or fight corruption. He attacks voting rights and peaceful protesters. He promotes fake news. He has withdrawn from international efforts on the climate crisis.

As the say on the infomercials on TV, “Wait, Wait! There’s more”.

He continues his roll as Putin’s puppet. From Russian interference in the 2016 election, to the disgraceful agreement with Putin over US intelligence, ti inaction as our intelligence finds that Russian probably paid bounties to Afghan fighters who kill American soldiers, the loyal puppet refuses to say a word critical of President Putin.

President Donald Trump has completely failed in his response to the COVID-19 pandemic. When I wrote that late in May, I said:

Millions are unemployed and a hundred thousand Americans are dead. It did not have to be this bad.

Here we are about 6 weeks later and the situation only gets worse.