While Rome burned, Nero was supposed to have played his fiddle. That’s where fiddling began to be equated with inaction. While many groups and organizations (including the World Health Organization – WHO) screamed about an epidemic that could become a pandemic. Trump, his son, and his son’s girlfriend golfed and partied in Trump’s Florida resort. That’s fiddling around!

After denying any responsibility for helping the states to get supplies, he said the Federal government would be the sole purchaser. Within a week, he reversed himself and said buying the supplies was the state’s responsibility. Then he complained about the states running up the cost and took back the responsibility before again relinquishing it again. States buying their own kept the shipments a secret so the Feds would not confiscate them as some governors and mayors have indicated happened.

Suddenly King Donald has declared he has complete and total control of the country during emergencies. Apparently that was a giant step too far for many of his important political supporters. Two days later he wouldn’t abdicate his “complete and total authority”, but said he would authorize the governors to open their states on their own schedule. A few days later he backs right wing protesters (oddly only in states with Democratic governors) in complaining about the stay home directions which he had directed of us hours before.

He says he wants bi-partisanship but constantly complains about Democrats, even when they push him to do the right thing. Trump doesn’t use a little fiddle, he uses a giant cello.