Sorry, Donald Trump, too little too late
After Donald Trump posted a highly confusing “Invoking P” tweet today and left everyone confused as to whether he was invoking the Defense Production Act against General Motors, major news networks are now confirming that Trump has indeed done so. This is good news. It’s also inexcusably too little too late.
For weeks, Donald Trump has publicly insisted that he didn’t need to invoke the Defense Production Act because he was convincing major manufacturers to voluntarily produce emergency medical supplies. This was plainly untrue, and Trump has cost numerous Americans their lives by refusing to invoke the DPA. Now, after weeks of committing negligent homicide, he’s finally doing it. But it’s still not clear how far he’s willing to take this, or what kind of impact it’ll belatedly have.
Donald Trump is trying to be conciliatory across the board today. He’s praising Rachel Maddow. He’s lambasting House Republican Thomas Massie for trying to get in the way of the bipartisan relief bill. But Trump deserves no credit for this, because it’s negligently, fatally late – and it’s far too little. For that matter, Trump will be back to his dangerously deranged self within days, if not hours.
