The Daily Fuckup — October 2, 2020

Edition · October 2, 2020

The Daily Fuckup — October 2, 2020

1 verified report published on October 2, 2020.

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Closing take

For one day, the virus Trump spent months minimizing got the last word. The question then was no longer whether his pandemic posture had been reckless. It was how much of his campaign, and how much of his governing credibility, it would take down with it.

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Trump’s Covid diagnosis exposes the wreckage of his pandemic politics

Covid blowback Confidence 5/5

★★★★★Fuckup rating 5/5 Five-alarm fuckup

The president and first lady said they had tested positive for Covid-19, and the White House suddenly looked like the epicenter of a much broader outbreak. The news landed after months of Trump dismissing the virus, flouting precautions, and treating public-health advice as a political prop. Now the campaign and the presidency were forced into quarantine mode, with the most powerful office in the country looking startlingly vulnerable and disorganized.

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