Catherine Rampell: “Let’s just do it and be legends, man.”
“That could well be the slogan of this White House’s slapdash, hubristic approach to reopening the U.S. economy, which is turning into the Fyre Festival of pandemic responses.”
“Rather like the organizers of that infamous, ill-fated music fete, the Trump administration appears to have contempt for nose-to-the-grindstone planning or infrastructure development. Instead, it believes that all problems — logistical, technical and medical — can be solved with slightly different social media messaging. Perhaps a new slogan. Or a more outrageous, puffery-filled, caps-locked presidential tweet.”
“Plus maybe a celebrity endorsement from a marginally flashier set of influencers.”
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