The Reckless, Feckless Posturing of a President in Crisis

Dave Buckner, PhD
The Polis
Published in
5 min readApr 2, 2020

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An Argument for an Oval Office Intervention

President Trump on January 22nd: “It’s one person coming in from China, and we have it under control. It’s going to be just fine.”

President Trump on February 26th: “This is a flu. This is like a flu…. It’s a little like the regular flu that we have flu shots for. And we’ll essentially have a flu

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Dave Buckner, PhD
The Polis

Adjunct Professor of History, Humanities, & Philosophy at A-B Tech Community College, Northeast State Community College, and Mountain Empire Community College.