Tim Barrus In The New York Times
Trump knew in September. He claims he became aware of the virus in January.
America finds him amusing. The country is indifferent to the larger questions of life and death. Americans do not care.
A psychopathic personality makes a jump – in the same way a virus can – from sociopathic paradigms to full-blown psychosis that refuses to accept any other version of reality that is not constructed by the psychopathology.
Often, this damage is neurological.
Trump knew in September. The military was laughed at. Because only he knows and only he can make it better. This is how craziness works. We are infected by a virus, but we reject the fact that we are also infected by someone who because of his psychosis enables a virus to run rampant. The difference between out-of-control sociopathic behavior, and psychopathic ideation is one of the potential of active tissue damage to victims.
Like death.
The psychopath does not care. He does care, however, about the unfolding drama that keeps the delusion of grandeur alive and well and living in the White House.
Trump knew in September.
His bring-it-on defiance was exacerbated when this involved China which Trump actually sees as a personal affront. Trump’s own military tied to tell him. But it backtracked to the obsequious bowing and scraping that a psychotic needs to keep his illusions about his power alive. He saw the virus as irrelevant when confronted by anything with the power to render him ephemeral.
Trump knew in September.