Lies and conspiracy theories are cheap and plentiful.
Dear Messrs. Donald Trump, John Michael (Mick) Mulvaney, and Michael Huckabee,
There is a time for having fun, a time for jokes and humour. However, there is also a time to be serious. I read with horror this morning Mr. Mulvaney’s comments, obviously intended to be funny, claiming that the reason the media was reporting extensively on the spread of the coronavirus was to try to “take down” Donald Trump.
If I took your comments seriously, Mr. Mulvaney, I would have asked you if, then, the entire world was attempting to “take down” Trump, since media outlets worldwide are providing continual coverage and updates on the spread of this illness. But I realized that nobody with any sense would make such a statement except in jest, so while it annoyed me, I let it ride.
Then later in the day you, Mr. Trump, came along and made the same claim…
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