, Columnist
Here's More Evidence That Trump Is an Algorithm
The president is focused on data, independent of substance.
No data, no problem.
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Donald Trump has been ridiculed for responding to the bad news on Covid-19 by suggesting that the U.S. is simply conducting too many tests. “Without testing, or weak testing, we would be showing almost no cases,” he complained. Or as he put it at a recent news conference: “When you test, you create cases.”
Actually, such statements offer a valuable insight into the way the U.S. president’s mind works.