Did Trump Err in Criticizing Gov. Brian Kemp?

Did we see a serious political stumble by President Trump in his spat with Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp last week? While some may wonder, he seems over all to be handling the coronavirus crisis deftly enough. He’s been giving due deference to the medical brain trust of Drs. Anthony Fauci and Deborah Birx -- perhaps too much, some fear.  At the same time, he’s hammering away at the need to limit the brutal economic consequences of the lockdown as soon as possible.  All this while parrying relentless attacks from the press and, of course, from an opposition party desperate to recapture the White House. All of which gave us the phased reopening guidelines from the Fauci-Birx team, announced on April 17. Recall, by the way, that the President a couple of weeks earlier had expressed the hope that the lockdown could end around Easter Sunday, April 12. The usual media hysteria greeted that idea, so Trump followed up by clarifying, as if clarification was needed, that...(Read Full Article)
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