Trump is basically walking away from the very fight that he sought to project engagement in only six weeks ago, as Steve Benen notes. In the first, he squandered weeks and weeks minimizing the threat and ignoring his own experts’ dire warnings about it. ADADIt’s telling that his “wartime president” quote came during that second phase. ADNothing but illusionsThus it is that Vice President Pence, in defending the decision to wind down the task force, cited the “tremendous progress we’ve made as a country.” But this is absurd. The point here is that the justification for winding down the task force — that “tremendous progress” has been made — is itself highly suspect.

Source: Washington Post May 06, 2020 14:36 UTC