Trump's inability to accept harsh reality worsens dangerously over time

Remember when he said there were only 15 cases in the country and the number would very quickly fall to zero?

Remember when he said for no reason at all that the virus would go away as the weather warmed?

Remember his apparently persisting conviction that a vaccine will be available much sooner than in a year or 18 months?

Remember his recent references to existing drugs that help with other conditions like malaria as possible cures for this virus for no better reason than that some right wing fantasist says so?

So-called "anecdotal evidence"?

Well, now the Duce wants everything opened again and back to normal by Easter, apparently echoing Hannity or some other right wing blatherer that "the cure is getting worse than the disease".

And he has claimed that we will pretty much have the virus beat by then and all over the country the churches will be packed for Easter.

Public celebrations for Holy Week, Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter are canceled

Trump's hope for an Easter reopening clashes with coronavirus reality

Of course, the lockdowns, aimed both at slowing and diminishing the spread of the virus, have not been his doing, anyway, but have come on the orders of state governors and city mayors dealing with reality and not fantasy and prioritizing public health over economic concerns.

But this is perhaps going to become a partisan issue and a feds vs states issue if Trump and the more Trumpist Republicans push harder on this even as the daily numbers continue so visibly to worsen.

Cuomo has a much better grip on the likely timeline than the orange moron.

He thinks the new cases curve for New York State will peak around or shortly after Easter, and then as the curve comes down medical resources and people can be moved from New York to the next hot spot, the state or area with the highest of the still rising curves.

And then to the next, and so on, over coming months.

But today Cuomo agreed that individuals who have recovered from the virus can certainly return to work, perhaps as a concession to Trump's fantasy talk.

No explanation how that would happen.

How do you go back to work at a closed restaurant, movie theater, or mall?