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Trump is now spreading rank conspiracy theories in the face of coronavirus. This isn't just Trump "flooding the zone with chaos." It's much more pernicious. Trump is trying to dodge accountability for his own response to a public emergency. New piece:
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
Trump's new conspiracy theory is that Dems/media are weaponizing coronavirus against him.

This needs to be seen as part of a broader effort to render the opposition and mediating institutions illegitimate.

It's really about dodging accountability:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
Trump's argument is basically:

"Everything is absolutely fine, and anyone who says otherwise is just out to get me."

Here's what makes this worse: Fox News and pro-Trump media outlets are aggressively feeding this pathology:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
Indeed, Fox News and pro-Trump media are feeding Trump's worst instincts, helping delegitimize all other sources of information about coronavirus other than Trump and whoever he deigns to anoint as being in good favor.

Good rundown from @MattGertz here:
mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox-t…
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