President Trump's response to the coronavirus crisis can be likened to a Potemkin Village. Sunday's Washington Post had disturbing new evidence of the Trump administration's Covid-19 shortcomings, including a quote from a government source who invoked the Potemkin Village concept. Everyone bends over backwards to create this Potemkin village for him and for his inner circle." Then the president's boosters bash news outlets like The AP for tearing down the facade of his Potemkin Village. Another example of the Potemkin Village phenomenon.

Source: CNN August 10, 2020 21:45 UTC