A few weeks ago when the Coronavirus first hit our shores. president Trump when deciding on a CoronaCzar called not on Vice President Pence but instead dialed an old friend.
I'm not talking Rick Perry or Jeff Sessions but had he called Barack Obama just imagine how it would have played out
Obama would have been the face of this entire thing, spending every single minute assuring and reassuring the country and allowing Trump to focus on the greater governance issues. Nobody would have done better in this situation in terms of poise under pressure.
Hard right Republicans may have been skeptical but if Trump said he had full faith in Obama in this situation and supported him 100% as this crisis is bigger than politics, they may have listened. The left and moderates would have trusted him every step of the way.
It would have been the right move for America, similar to Bush calling on Clinton and Bush 41 to be the public faces for the crisis of the tsunami
But it also would have been the most brilliant political move Trump could have made. It would have shown him to be bipartisan his Obama-Chris Christie moment. He would have shown to be a bigger man and trust the one other person alive who would be able to handle the complexity of this, the person who would have understood the inside of the government and what it could do as a response
It would have cut Biden off at his knees and virtually ensured another 4 years
And Obama would have known he was being used as a puppet but the call would have been public and he could not NOT say yes.
And if the entire thing went to crap, he could blame Obama on the way out the door
The issue would be if it went well, people would praise Obama and Trump would just die.
But Trump is not a smart (or caring) man.
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