Sometimes, the most dire peril can inspire the most stirring words — oratory so unforgettable it long outlives its speaker.

We’re all familiar with the opening line of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first inaugural address in 1933, at the height of the Great Depression:

“So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is … fear itself.”

Then there was Winston Churchill in 1940, as the United Kingdom defended itself from relentless attacks by the German air force and an impending Nazi invasion:

“Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.”

And here’s John F. Kennedy’s immortal plea from 1961, with Cold War anxiety gripping our nation:

“And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country.”

We can even look to classic literary figures, such as King Henry in William Shakespeare’s Henry V:

“Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more.”

True leaders rise to the moment.

They understand the need to tell the truth.

They understand the need to reassure and galvanize the public.

And they understand the need to bring people together in common purpose, to spark kindness and solidarity.

That Donald Trump is doing the opposite of all this is not just a shortcoming and not just one more example of his boundless self-absorption.

In the face of the coronavirus pandemic, Trump’s failures — and Trump himself — are now an immediate threat to the lives of every American.

Which is why Public Citizen is calling for Trump to resign.

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- Robert Weissman, President of Public Citizen
 
 
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