Core Trump base no more likely to start wearing masks than they are to support healthcare reform, saving the planet, gun safety, etc. Rather, getting #COVID19 now takes on new political meaning--becomes an expression of self-sacrifice and a way of showing devotion to the cause.
To put it another way, getting and transmitting #COVID19 is the 'logical' next phase of not wearing masks. Public health becomes politicized and weaponized for the cause.
Getting and transmitting #COVID19 then becomes a way of being like Trump, showing resistance, devotion, sacrifice.
This adoration then reflects back to Trump--who is the ultimate consumer of devotional energy, no matter the cost to the country he 'leads.'
Ergo, anyone who thinks Trump is going to emerge from Walter Reed urging mask wearing, social distancing, getting the pandemic under control....well, I have a box of chloroquine I can sell you...
So imo enough of arguments that #COVID19 forced Trump admin to confront "reality." This *is* their reality.
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