COVID-19’s the least of Trump’s maladies

Donald Trump didn’t just 'downplay' COVID-19. No, he lied his brains out in a way that put millions of Americans at risk. They needed a warning, and he gave them a sleeping pill.

Donald Trump told Americans to go to work during the pandemic. Trump told the states to open up without a vaccine in hand. Trump wanted football and basketball back with fans. Trump bullied as many governors as he could into fully opening schools. (Kids are pandemic proof, right?) And all those seniors who actually died from the virus? Not to worry, they were half-dead anyway. Everything said and done, masks were for wusses like Joe Biden, not real Americans, writes Michael Harris. Image courtesy of Pixabay

Opinion

BY MICHAEL HARRIS

October 5, 2020

HALIFAX—I don’t know what all the fuss is about with Donald Trump. So he’s got COVID-19. That’s the least of his maladies. He’s got a bad case of Hep-C-ish Hyperbole, Malarial Mendacity, and Bubonic Bullying that could be terminal. In the recent debate, he looked like an angry ape stompin...

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