**JULY 10, 2020**

Kuttner on TAP

Donald, It's Not About You

Trump looks at every issue through the lens of whether it makes him look
good or bad. And he projects this premise onto his critics. Thus, the
Democrats are delaying school openings in order to make him look bad.

As the Twit-in-Chief tweeted
, "The
Dems think it would be bad for them politically if U.S. schools open
before the November Election, but is important for the children &
families."

Actually, the nation's governors, mayors, and school officials (many
of them Republicans) are trying to balance agonizing choices. On the one
hand, kids need face-to-face learning. And their parents rely on schools
as safe places for their children while they go to work.

On the other hand, a reversion to normal school schedules obviously
isn't safe.

Trump isn't making these awful trade-offs any easier. He's denying
schools extra funding in the face of a collapse of state and local
revenues. And he's doing nothing to relieve the extra pressure on
child care systems, as more learning is necessarily done remotely.

So this is not about Democrats trying to make Trump look bad. It's
about doing what's safe for America's kids, in dire circumstances.

One thing, however, is about Trump-the election. And it takes no extra
help from Democrats for Trump to look bad. He achieves that all by
himself.

~ ROBERT KUTTNER

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