by Pa Rock
Citizen Journalist
I heard a report on the radio this morning that construction of Trump's spite fence along the southern border was proceeding at a breakneck pace and that he plans to use progress on his "wall" as a major component of his re-election bid in the fall. Apparently the Trump administration is also planning to hail his "wall" was some sort of international safeguard in the battle to contain the spread of the deadly pandemic.
But if Trump's slatted "wall" is protecting anyone from the disease, it would be Mexico that is receiving the benefit.
As of this morning the United States had 1,295,101 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and a total of 77,059 deaths. Canada had 64,922 confirmed cases of the virus wit 4,408 known deaths, and Mexico had 29,616 confirmed cases and a mere 2,961 deaths.
Yes, but . . . Trump's klansmen number crunchers would surely argue . . . the United States has a much larger population than those other two countries, so of course we would have more confirmed cases and more deaths. Agreed, but when we figure those confirmed cases and deaths as percentages of each country's actual population, the United States still leads the big three in North America - bigly.
In fact, the United States leads the world in both confirmed cases of COVID-19 and actual deaths from the disease. The next two countries in confirmed cases are Spain and Italy, each with about one fifth of the number of cases confirmed in the U.S.
Much of the problem undoubtedly has to do with leadership.
If Trump really wants Mexico to pay for his grandiose "wall," this might be a good time to ask!
Citizen Journalist
I heard a report on the radio this morning that construction of Trump's spite fence along the southern border was proceeding at a breakneck pace and that he plans to use progress on his "wall" as a major component of his re-election bid in the fall. Apparently the Trump administration is also planning to hail his "wall" was some sort of international safeguard in the battle to contain the spread of the deadly pandemic.
But if Trump's slatted "wall" is protecting anyone from the disease, it would be Mexico that is receiving the benefit.
As of this morning the United States had 1,295,101 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and a total of 77,059 deaths. Canada had 64,922 confirmed cases of the virus wit 4,408 known deaths, and Mexico had 29,616 confirmed cases and a mere 2,961 deaths.
Yes, but . . . Trump's klansmen number crunchers would surely argue . . . the United States has a much larger population than those other two countries, so of course we would have more confirmed cases and more deaths. Agreed, but when we figure those confirmed cases and deaths as percentages of each country's actual population, the United States still leads the big three in North America - bigly.
In fact, the United States leads the world in both confirmed cases of COVID-19 and actual deaths from the disease. The next two countries in confirmed cases are Spain and Italy, each with about one fifth of the number of cases confirmed in the U.S.
Much of the problem undoubtedly has to do with leadership.
If Trump really wants Mexico to pay for his grandiose "wall," this might be a good time to ask!
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