@livinglava,
livinglava wrote:
snood wrote:
To accommodate Trump’s sudden decision to speak at West Point, cadets will be called back, tested off campus, then isolated for 14 days in rooms with masks. They’ll eat in segregated groups. No decision on whether family members may attend.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/24/us/politics/coronavirus-trump-west-point.html
I suppose, if any of the cadets gets sick, they can just be considered collateral damage in service of Trump’s mission - to be re-elected.
It's doubtful that anything is the result of "Trump's sudden decision."
Probably lots of discussion has gone on about this issue, and obviously people are strategizing about how to create effective protocols for doing things in a way that minimizes viral spread, especially for people in the military and strategic positions who need to be able to meet in person to avoid the possibility of their electronic communications being hacked into.
So, in your estimation, it’s “doubtful” that Trump makes big decisions rashly; and that there was “probably lots of discussion “ that went into his speaking engagement at West Point.
I don’t see why they deserve any benefit of a doubt, but you seem very willing to give it.
In this case like most others Trump just said whatever he felt he needed to - to stay in the center of attention. But there you are - dutifully rationalizing his idiocy.