WITH the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) ravaging the earth, the latest turmoil in America today is barely on the global radar. Protests and riotsBut on the second front, the protests and riots are simply symptoms of a rot in America’s body politic. US presidencyWith this pandemic bringing the world to its knees, it wouldn’t care if America burns its cities down, except for the victims themselves. Robert Reich, a former labor secretary in the Clinton administration, has this to say: “By having no constructive response to any of the monumental crises now convulsing America, Trump has abdicated his office. In reality, Donald Trump doesn’t run the government of the United States.

Source: Manila Times June 09, 2020 16:26 UTC