Dispatches From the Fortress – Day 210

I sure don't get what's going on with this guy — and of course, by "this guy," you know exactly who I mean. The big $2 trillion buck stimulus package is supported by, like, three-quarters of the U.S. population and Trump's biggest selling point with voters was a feeling many had that he knew how to fix the economy…and now he's killed any stimulus pack for the time being. Joe Biden, of course, heartily supports the deal Trump says he won't address until after the election.

And today, after slamming the door shut so loudly that the stock market plunged, he's trying today to pry it open a crack. So what was the point?

Meanwhile, his position on masks is opposed by around 70% of the country — might be 80% by now — and he's doubling-down on it. He stands as inarguable proof that he couldn't handle the coronavirus problem in his own life but, sure enough. he's insisting he's had it right all along and can save all of us.

He sure sounds like a person full of experimental drugs. But then, he always did.

Meanwhile, Stephen Miller is the latest Trump crony to test positive for COVID-19. I had Rudy Giuliani in the pool.

I'm going to watch the Kamala/Pence smackdown or debate or Plexiglass display or whatever it is tonight. Eric Levitz has some interesting thoughts about what these two people represent.