U.S. government's legitimacy crisis calls out for socialist solutions
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By Joel Wendland-Liu

Trump lies. Habitual dishonesty, whether it is masking the jobs crisis, the pandemic, or downplaying racism, is his signature feature. It has cost lives and threatens democracy.

Trump's lies have never been more deadly than in the past three months. Two million U.S. cases of COVID-19 have been accompanied by more than 117,000 deaths. Experts believe that data collected by public health agencies undercounts the pandemic's true extent. Few believe that those undercounts are simple mathematical errors, but appear to be driven by Trumpian political pressure.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention currently believes that 4 million Americans will contract the virus, and 500,000 will die as a result. But fearing more negative publicity, the Trump administration has simply stopped talking about the pandemic and refuses to give a platform for science-based public health information to the people.

From the beginning of the crisis, Trump saw his leadership as a public relations battle. Administration officials downplayed the pandemic's severity. Economic advisor Larry Kudlow insisted in March that "America should stay at work." Later that month, Kellyanne Conway falsely claimed the virus was being "contained." Trump callously smirked, "I like the numbers being where they are," and "we have it well under control."

Reality, however, forced establishments to close to contain the disease. Instead of leading by example, Trump mocked safety measures such as physical distancing and masks. He taunted governors who refused to...

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