Jack Kennedy said, “We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard.”
Franklin Roosevelt encouraged Americans, “We have nothing to fear but fear itself.”
The Trump Administration will take a different tack in the face of national hardship: “Meh. Just live with it.”
In what will undoubtedly be considered the most flaccid call to action by a president in American history, the Trump Administration is considering planning on–erm–urging (?) the American people to get on with their lives and ignore the economic hardship and pandemic sweeping the nation, according to NBC.
The messaging seems to be an indication that the White House is powerless to stem the spread of the coronavirus after months of inaction when the Administration was first told of the arrival of virus on US shores.
It also recognizes Trump’s inability to jumpstart the economy as more states consider shutdowns and other actions to stem the spread of the virus.
The new motto stands in stark contrast to the early Trump claims that the US pandemic would soon disappear, and that that Administration would bring the virus under control first by the start of March, then Easter than Memorial Day. None of those goals were completed.