March 21, 2020, saw President Donald J. Trump’s approval rating in handling the pandemic move beyond fifty percent. In an NBC poll, 56 percent of Americans approve of the President’s management of the Corvid-19 pandemic. Again, his unique communication style has connected with a majority in the country, despite his inept handling of the most critical crises in American history.
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A Short Note on the Pandemic #9
Yesterday, March 20, 2020, more people filed for unemployment benefits in the United States in the history of unemployment benefits. The stock market dropped another 900 points wiping out gains in the market since Donald J. Trump became President.
During his daily press conference at the noon hour, President Trump picked a fight with another journalist. This time he attacked Peter Alexander, a White House correspondent with NBC News. Alexander asked the President what he could say to assure Americans that the Corvid-19 outbreak was under control.
A Short Note on the Pandemic #8
On the first day of spring, March 19, 2020, the American President called a news conference to ostensibly update the country on the effort to stem the tide of the Covid-19 virus. Things were going well, then the President announced there was a drug that worked well against the coronavirus had been approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
A Short Note on the Pandemic #7
Yesterday, March 18, 2020, the President assembled his rapid response pandemic team for another press conference. He slurred his words, grew weary of trying to read his prepared remarks, then called on the Vice-President to tell the American people the contents of his speech.
Furthermore, on the leadership front, the President made excuses for the difficulty of the pandemic. One wonders how he ran his businesses. All the problems in the world come with a degree of difficulty. The reason we pay the leadership big bucks is for them to solve complex problems. When leadership whine about the complexities confronting them, it does not give confidence to the people led. Thus, unnecessary worry and concern experienced by Americans today.
Is He Is or Is He Ain’t A Racist
Is he is or is he ain’t a racist. Some say that he is, others say that no, he can’t be. He concedes that he “is the least racist person” on the planet. This admission is significant merely because it is the single thing that he boasts about where he is not number one.
Whether he is or is not a racist is debatable. There is a strong case for attaching the racist label to the 45th US President. His supporters refute this argument. They explain he is talking about the harmful elements of the groups he targets with harsh words. Albeit, those words get projected on the law-abiding people as well.
Mueller Clears Trump of Collusion-But Not Obstruction
Special Counsel Robert Mueller after a 22-month long investigation clears President Donald J. Trump of collusion with the Russians to influence the 2016 Presidential election.
Mueller’s delivered his confidential report to Attorney General William Barr as required by law over the weekend. Then, Barr issued a four-page letter to leaders of the Senate and the House.
Getting Down in the Gutter with Trump
No one in the US House of Representatives will confuse Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) as the gentlelady from Michigan. How is that possible after her first day on the job in which she called the nation’s chief executive a Mother, you know what?
Perhaps I should not be so mild mannered that I cannot say the word in public. Let’s have a go at it.
King James Trumps The Loud Mouth Without Trying
King James trumps the loud mouth in the White House. LeBron James a high school graduate and multi-millionaire proves once again that he is smarter than the loud mouth in the White House. Said loud mouth is purported to have a degree from the Wharton School of Business and to have millions of dollars that no one seems to be able to verify.
Neither A Peep, Nor A Tweet Over Nashville and Saraland Waffle House From Trump
My maternal grandmother had an intense dislike for Herbert Hoover. She believed that Hoover was too much of an aristocrat to have empathy for the average American.
She knew fascinating details about all of the presidents from Teddy Roosevelt to Ronald Reagan. She was married the year before Hoover came into power. Her first child, my mom, was born six weeks after Hoover was elected.
Former NBA Star Sha-ron Wright Blasts Ball-Trump Fight
Former National Basketball Association (NBA) star Sha-ron Wright blasted LaVar Ball, Sr. for his war of words with President Donald J. Trump over whether Ball’s “troops on the ground” or Trump’s influence with Chinese President Xi Jinping led to Ball’s son LiAngelo Ball being released from Chinese custody.
“I’m not a Republican or a Trump supporter by any means, but if Sharone, Jr. or Nicholas or Thijs was in China and was being detained for a crime that was typically punishable by a few years in a Chinese jail and Trump got him out and set free, I would have said thank you,” the father of three up and coming basketball players said.
LiAngelo Ball and two of his UCLA teammates were arrested for shoplifting while in China to play a basketball game against Georgia Tech. Their arrest occurred while the US President was in China on a state visit. Over cocktails, Trump asked Jinping if he would secure the young men’s release. After Trump left China the three were released and allowed to return to the USA.
Ball downplayed the role played by Trump in his son’s release, stating that if LiAngelo had been placed on Air Force One and brought back to the country with Trump, then he would have offered a thanks to the President.
“I’ve lived and played in China for two years and yes it’s a Communist country. They take these types of things seriously. They don’t know anything about “Big Baller” brand and could care less,” Wright said.
In 1994, Wright, a Clemson graduate, was the sixth overall pick in the NBA draft. He was taken by the Philadelphia 76ers. Wright’s High School coach, the legendary Donald Richardson at Southwest High in Macon, Georgia was a stickler for discipline and taught winning by developing high moral character in his student athletes.
Wright believes that Ball, Sr. should be more concerned with what is in LiAngelo’s best interest than with selling the “Big Baller” brand.
“In this case,” Wright said, “I believe political influence was definitely used to get the three players out of trouble.”
“Whether Trump used his influence for recognition or not is irrelevant. What’s relevant is getting your son home safe and sound. Get off your high horse and say thank you,” Wright admonished.
Wright believes many in the African American community have been quick to choose sides in what is essentially an ego-tripping twitter war between a Madison Avenue shyster and a Rodeo Drive hustler.
“Some of you will take Ball’s side because you hate Trump or white people or whatever and that’s your business and it’s racist. I don’t like Trump either but I love my sons more. More than politics, racial bullshit and all,” Wright said.
According to Wright, lost in this war of words between Trump and Ball is one simple question:
“As a parent I’d be asking myself what the heck is wrong with my son for stealing anything anyway when supposedly he’s a ‘Big Baller,’ showing up in high school with two Ferrari’s and a Rolls Royce.”
The better question for the public to ask is not whether Trump helped or did not help, rather “How are you (Ball, Sr.) raising your son,” Wright queried.
Duh!
Harold Michael Harvey is an American novelist and essayist. He is a Contributor at The Hill, SCLC National Magazine, Southern Changes Magazine and Black College Nines. He can be contacted at hmharvey@haroldmichaelharvey.com