b'Editorcombativeness with the dutifully critical news media. On March 2nd, the eve of Su-per Tuesday for the Democratic primary elections, he held a campaign rally in North Carolina in which he bragged about a 1,300 point Dow Jones rally and criticized Joe Biden for mistakenly declaring that he was running for Senate, I honestly dont think he knows what office hes running forJoe is going to be in a home watching television. By the end of the week, he had signed an emergency Covid-19 action bill for $8.3 billion, but the White House was still in full spin mode. Vice President Mike Pence, who was appointed head of the coronavirus task force, assured the public that four million tests were on their way to the states by the end of the week, which was contradicted by Dr. Fauci in front of Congress. Trump said, Anybody who wants a test, can get a test, which may have been true within his personal circle, but was known to be untrue by everyone else in the country. When asked by a reporter about USNS Comfort Naval hospital ship docked in New York, providing additionalthe governments failure to deliver tests, Trump replied, No, I dont take responsi-hospital beds if needed; Temporary hospital assembled at Jacob Javits Centerbility at all. Whether it was his fault or not, this is not what a leader says.On Friday, March 13th, President Trump declared a national state of emergency, We did one of the best jobs.and this is their (Democrats) new hoax, he con- only the second in American history for a public health threat, the first being Presi-tinued. But we did something thats been pretty amazing. We have fifteen people indent Obamas declaration in 2009 for the swine flu pandemic. As the weekend pro-this massive country and because of the fact that we went earlywe went earlywegressed, reports of Covid-19 cases rose dramatically and deaths started adding up. could have had a lot more than that. The weight of seriousness over the pandemic seemed to settle into the mind of the We will do everything in our power to keep the infection, and those carryingPresident, as his tone had clearly changed by the following Monday.the infection, from entering our country, Trump continued, followed by connectingPresident Donald J. Trump is the most polarizing figure in the history of Ameri-Covid-19 to Democratic open borders policies, just a few breaths after accusingcan politics. His lack of personal character is loathed by his opponents and tolerated them of politicizing the pandemic. He went on to boast of zero deaths in the U.S. by his supportershe has cheated on all his wives, been sued thousands of times by There it was, our presidents chance to get it all out, all at once. unpaid contractors, had his charitable foundation shut down, and settled a fraud suit For the following two weeks, as Covid-19 became a public health disaster infor more than $20 million. Trump has made overtly racist comments and has toler-Italy and as cruise ships with infected patients were kept at bay, including off theated white supremacists among his political base. He has told over 20,000 docu-California coast, and as the first wave of cases took hold in the Seattle area, Presi- mented lies in office, including several regarding the coronavirus emergency. Promi-dent Trump maintained an optimistic tone on the pandemic along with his signaturenent lifelong Republicans will admit that they would never do business with Trump, 38 THE COASTAL BEND MAGAZINEQ2.2020 TheCoastalBend.com'