Trump's Killer Vanity

 

by Pa Rock

Citizen Journalist

Cassidy Hutchinson, a former aide to White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and a confidante to Donald Trump during part of his tenure in the White House, is out with a new book giving some insight into her time near the pinnacle of our nation's power.  In her book, whose title is "Enough," Ms. Hutchinson sheds some light on Trump's refusal to wear a face mask during the height of the pandemic.  

Ms. Hutchinson, who later would become a problematic witness against Trump when she appeared before the House January 6th Investigative Committee, discussed Trump's refusal to wear a face mask during his tour of a Honeywell mask-making factory in May of 2020.  She said that he had initially donned a white N95 mask at the White House and asked aides what they thought.   Trump, who was always consumed with vanity, did not want to appear in a manner that would incite negative comment.

Ms. Cassidy said that of everyone present, she was the only one to object.  When Trump asked her why, she pointed to the white straps of the mask which had turned dark when they smudged his 'bronzer" face make-up.  She said Trump became angry at others in the room for not pointing that out to him, and that he then refused to wear a mask - even to tour a plant that manufactured them.

Trump tested positive for COVID a few months later on September 26th, 2020, but he kept his diagnosis secret until October 2nd.  During that time he managed to infect former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie who landed in a hospital ICU with what could have been a terminal case of the virus.

Not only did Donald Trump's rampant vanity result in serious illness to others who worked around him, his example of parading around maskless undoubtedly helped to influence many of his clueless admirers to behave in the same reckless fashion, and contributed not only to the national COVID mortality rates, but to the the disease's longevity as well.

People got sick and died just so Donald Trump could pretend to have a nice tan.

Herman Cain, I'm looking at you.