Here’s the reality. By most traditional measures, the economy is stronger than it’s been in over three decades, especially where job creation is concerned. Trump’s policy of tax relief and deregulation—the president likes to brag his administration has eliminated more than a dozen regulations for each new one it has imposed—has led to the creation of the three most important things in U.S. politics: jobs, jobs and more jobs.

Even if some are better off than others, most everyone is better off now than they were four years ago.
— Newsweek, 1/29/20

The Coronavirus essentially wiped that all out within a month. The very historic low employment numbers the media were hesitant to report prior to the economic shutdown are now being repeated hourly with partisan glee.

NBC News: Coronavirus job losses could total 47 million, unemployment rate may hit 32 precent, Fed estimates

The stock market, jobs, Constitutional freedoms, toilet paper, common sense, all dashed and the timing couldn’t have been better for Democrats. They have a near-senile presidential frontrunner facing numerous sexual assault accusations who’s always a gaffe away from daily mockery. Their Russia-collusion and Trump impeachment attempts landed with a loud thoom and because of their Election 2020 desperation, the pandemic became a crisis too good to waste.

Donald Trump has been fighting against the hostile liberal media and #DeepState coup d’etat since his candidacy, through his transition and administration. Isn’t it convenient that both the media and insubordinate government employees are the two most destructive entities and are virtually untouched monetarily? While millions of Americans have lost their jobs and are awaiting government assistance, the media and government workers still get paid whether they show up in the office or work from home.

If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?

From the onset of the COVID-19 “pandemic”, we were given hellacious predictions (based on conveniently fluctuating garbage-in-garbage-out “models”) of hundreds of thousands, if not millions of American deaths.

The Intercept: 2.2 Million People in the U.S. Could Die If Coronavirus Goes Unchecked
NY Times: Coronavirus May Kill 100,000 to 240,000 in U.S. Despite Actions, Officials Say
NPR: Fauci Estimates That 100,000 To 200,000 Americans Could Die From The Coronavirus
Associated Press: The Latest: WHO director warns ‘millions could die’
Business Insider: More than a dozen researchers predicted how the US’s coronavirus outbreak will end. They estimated nearly 200,000 people could die by the end of the year.
CNBC: The coronavirus could kill millions of Americans: ‘Do the math,’ immunization specialist says
Common Dreams: ‘Terrifying’ New Research Warns 2.2 Million Could Die From Coronavirus in US Without Drastic Action

Hold up. Time for another downward revision….

The Hill: Fauci: US death toll ‘looks more like 60,000’ than 100-200K estimate

Scary shit, to be sure. But like most things we’re told by Democrat pundits via the media that turn out to be incorrect, the retractions and/or apologies never meet the same decibel level as their initial shouts from the mountain tops.

New American: 86% of New Yorkers Who Died With Chinese Virus Had Other Illnesses, Conditions
NY Times: The 1,000-Bed Comfort Was Supposed to Aid New York. It Has 20 Patients.

If the Coronavirus was treated as another kind of flu and no big deal was made of it, would it have had the same effect on the our way of life? For example, it turns out thousands of Chinese flew in and out of San Francisco and Los Angeles during the ramp up of the current pandemic, yet California is nowhere near a “hotspot” despite having USA’s highest population of near 40 million people.

One theory has been consistently attacked by the media, health and government officials.

The theory of “herd immunity”.

If the virus keeps spreading, eventually so many people will have been infected and (if they survive) become immune that the outbreak will fizzle out on its own as the germ finds it harder and harder to find a susceptible host. This phenomenon is known as herd immunity.
— MIT Technology Review, 3/17/20

It could be argued had this particular Coronavirus wasn’t hyped to the point of essentially shutting down the nation, it may have come and went and few would have noticed. Yes, to date over 16,000 are of COVID-19 attributed death but that number is much lower than annual influenza deaths today’s Coronavirus opportunists routinely blew off.

We’ve seen how the Democrats and their cohorts in the media and government have reacted to the COVID-19 pandemic. Some have rejected and summarily demonized hydroxychloroquine: a possible remedy mentioned by President Trump that’s had consistent success stories worldwide.

“Sixty-five percent of physicians across the United States said they would prescribe the anti-malaria drugs chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine to treat or prevent COVID-19 in a family member,” the survey, which questioned 1,271 doctors in 50 states, found. “Only 11 percent said they would not use the drug at all.”
— Townhall, 4/9/20

Who ya gonna believe: your doctor or Brian Stelter?

For some strange reason, when politicians and the well-connected catch the virus, they take hydroxychloroquine, get better and give credit where credit is due.

State Rep. Karen Whitsett (D-Detroit) found out she had tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) the day her friend and House colleague died from it. Her health was deteriorating fast and she prevailed upon her doctor to get hydroxychloroquine for her.

“I thank God the president of the United States mentioned that drug because it did save me,” Whitsett said.
— Click on Detroit, 4/7/20

We’ve had governors, mayors and local officials (exhibiting the very dictator-like behavior President Trump is accused of) ordering the shutdown of select gathering places, businesses, travel, education, elections, boldly limiting freedom of movement of their citizens, while using their infinite wisdom in decide what is “essential”. They justify their authoritarian acts that temporarily suspends the United States Constitution… for “public safety” reasons.

Then again, if you’re a friend or relative of a politician or member of the privileged elite, those rules become optional which again brings into question the true seriousness of this “pandemic”.

#PLANDEMIC?

We also have politicians, government officials and medical professionals suggesting we should keep that “social distancing” practice for (depending on whom you hear) a few months to a year and a half. While the stock market is attempting to show some signs of life, attempts are still being made to keep a foot on the neck of the economy until the presidential election.

There are a lot of players who still stand to benefit from the economic paralysis of the United States.

Joe Biden and Democrats are obvious but the Chinese government is the other major potential beneficiary. President Trump revision of trade “deal” has not only had a leveling of the playing field effect but has also exposed President Xi Jinping as weak against the United States. Admitting responsibility for the virus release, thus exposing China to a world of liability would be political suicide. Keeping the United States and President Trump occupied shows the similar interests Chinese and Democrats have and could have no problem working unofficially in concert.

While the American people have been instructed not to use the Coronavirus pandemic as an excuse for political opportunism, the political class once again exempted themselves.

House Majority Whip James Clyburn reportedly described the coronavirus relief package currently being debated in Congress as a “tremendous opportunity to restructure things to fit our vision,” the South Carolina Democrat allegedly said on a phone call with fellow members of his party last week.
— Washington Examiner, 3/24/20

While the Wuhan virus was not created in the United States, it has been successfully weaponized by Democrats and their media to destroy the American economy while their livelihoods were assured. Aside from the inconvenience of movement limitations, they’re fine.

Donald Trump has been punished, Americans who voted for him and those who were considering voting for him in November have been warned. The historic economy has been left in splinters and Democrats believe they can now do anything they want despite not being totally in power. This has gone from a pandemic to a plandemic.

We’ve yet to see just how far the Democrats will go to implement it.

Give ’em an inch and they think they’re rulers

It didn’t take long for us to find out just how much power the elected believe they have over us all.

There’s nothing like a crisis to bring clarity. The response of some mayors and governors to the coronavirus pandemic in recent days has made it clear they think they have unlimited and arbitrary power over their fellow citizens, that they can order them to do or not do just about anything under the guise of protecting public health.

We’ve now witnessed local and state governments issue decrees about what people can and cannot buy in stores, arrest parents playing with their children in public parks, yank people off public buses at random, remove basketball rims along with private property, ticket churchgoers, and in one case try—and fail—to chase down a lone runner on an empty beach. All of this, we’re told, is for our own good.
— The Federalist, 4/13/20

As in many cases, the truth will eventually come out and we’ll see if all of this was indeed warranted. Comfortable politicians and elitists have no problem if those under them suffer as long as what they see as a “greater good” is accomplished. So, if the little people lose Constitutional freedoms, if not a few lives here and there… well, shit happens.

“We have updated our economic forecast and now project the U.S. economy to enter a sharp, albeit short-lived recession,” the economists said in a note.
— “Wells Fargo economists”, 3/16/20

The Coronavirus has also provided the usual partisans the self-perceived cover to say what’s really on their minds.

More Republicans than Democrats will die from coronavirus
Coronavirus is Exposing Trump’s ‘Strong Economy’ For the Hoax It Is
Trump economic team grasps for credibility with outbreak
Recession Clouds On Trump’s Horizon
Our Worst Crisis Since 2008… and We Have an Idiot at the Helm
Trump’s economy is collapsing and he may be powerless to stop it: financial analyst
MSNBC panel says coronavirus could end Trump administration

So, who really could benefit from the current state of affairs?

CHINA

China (COVID-19 ground zero) is not a friend of the United States. Especially after having to swallow President Trump’s trade deal meant to end the decades of one-sided negotiations by fat-and-comfortable diplomats at the expense of the American consumer and our intellectual property.

Trump used tariffs as a negotiating tactic, meant to hurt China’s economy and pressure Beijing to agree to a new trade deal that addresses unfair trade practices, such as intellectual property theft and forced technology transfers. That’s a goal that business leaders across the country, as well as lawmakers on both sides of the aisle agree on.
— CNN, 1/14/20

China has suffered as a result of a more even playing field and a suspicious timing of unleashing of a bioweapon gives any reasonable person food for thought. Like clockwork, our liberal media is using their standard operating procedure to provide cover for any who oppose President Trump and Coronavirus is another such opportunity.

Although far-left outlets like CNN have been describing the coronavirus as “Wuhan” for weeks, that description is now being described as racist by members of the left-wing media.
— Breitbart, 3/9/20

China is known to be a pirater of things they couldn’t initially think up but with Coronavirus under their belt, they aim to be the ones to fix what they broke.

Now, several Chinese government agencies and officials are talking publicly about how China can take advantage of being the first country to start recovering from the novel coronavirus (because it was the first country to contract it) to take over the industries of the future.
— Washington Post, 3/16/20

Let’s hope they don’t make matters worse with the same efficient incompetence.

RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA…

Have you noticed a peculiar silence when it comes to any and all things Coronavirus coming out of Russia? Then again, the tie between Russia and another American presidential election is out there for the stubbornly stupid.

At stake is what kind of election interference we should expect as November is coming: a lackluster rerun of leaking and trolling and fake social media activity, which would most likely be harder to do and less effective than in 2016 — or more pernicious operational innovation and escalation, perhaps even tactics that take advantage of the coronavirus outbreak.
— NY Times, 3/16/20

But back to matters at hand….

THE DEMOCRAT PARTY AND THE ONGOING DEEP STATE COUP

For over four years, Democrats and their media have thrown the kitchen sink at candidate, now President Trump. They spied on his campaign, entrapped those in his campaign, transition team, and administration. The media has been rather coordinated in their opposition to his Administration, compared to how they fawned over their previous deity. Trump has been constantly investigated and cleared, impeached and cleared, and they appear to now enjoy a virus evolution he can’t easily provide a winning “uncharted territory” strategy to redress.

Democrats know they have a 2020 “next-in-line” version of Bob Dole on their hands going into the presidential election. The Coronavirus has not only ground their nomination process to a halt but is now affecting President Trump’s ability to campaign and they’re lovin’ every minute of it.

All of a sudden, we live in a world without crowds. And for Trump, it’s an existential threat—as much a threat as a sinking economy or the virus itself. Because Trump doesn’t just love crowds. He needs them. He needs crowds because of their political utility. Needs them to mine “data gold.” Needs them to be rolling, roiling, visceral focus groups—listening to the ebbs and flows of their roars, serving them what they want, scrapping what they don’t, stoking support with a skilled evangelist’s call and response.
— Politico, 3/13/20

It’s not like Trump NEEDS a live concert to promote a hot album, but the optics of no rallies on the horizon has Democrats near-orgasmic and rightfully so… but what cost.

Let’s not believe all the posturing from Speaker Pelosi and others in and around Capitol Hill and on liberal “news” programs. This newfound concern for human life is laughable coming from a party that insisted on including abortion funding into the emergency virus package.

As stock markets plummet businesses, prepare for staff to work from home, and confirmed cases and deaths from the novel coronavirus continue to grow, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) announced that the House plans to vote on a bill Friday to address the inevitable hardships that will result from the pandemic. But discussions with Republican leadership for the multi-billion dollar aid package may have stalled on Thursday over funding for abortion.
— Mother Jones, 3/13/20

Democrats have always had a power-at-all-cost mentality and this is one of Rahm Emanuel’s crises too good to waste. But what should cause the most alarm is how many Americans Democrats are willing to sacrifice in order to try and win an election with a candidate who may not know where he is at any given time, what town he’s in, or even if a camera is live.

Unintended consequences could actually backfire on them.

Under a variety of possible scenarios that could arise as a result of a terrorist attack before or during an election, either the Congress or the states might pass legislation which would affect the timing of these elections. The suggestion has been made, however, that the Executive Branch might have some role in determining whether an election is to occur or whether it can be cancelled. While the Executive Branch does not currently have this power, it appears that Congress may be able to delegate this power to the Executive Branch by enacting a statute.
— Federation of American Scientists, 2004

Is there a scenario where the 2020 election could now be postponed over the Coronavirus? It could be a possibility depending where we are a few months from now. It could be a massive Democrat face saver on the presidential level and would preserve the Democrat House majority at a time where they’ve become increasingly vulnerable.

More Americans approve of the job congressional Republicans are doing than of congressional Democrats’ performance — 40% vs. 35%. The rating for Republicans in Congress has risen six percentage points since late October, before the impeachment of President Donald Trump in the U.S. House of Representatives. Over the same period, congressional Democrats’ approval rating has edged down three points and disapproval has climbed five points, from 57% to 62%.
— Gallup, 3/10/20

The Chinese are doing everything communists do best to control the true impact of their Wuhan virus from the world because, let’s face it; its creation and the ramification on the world could easily be justifiably considered as an act of war. Killing millions to maintain power and control is in their DNA. The Chinese government should have earned pariah status instead of being portrayed as the innocent bystander, now blaming everyone else for what was engineered within their fortified borders.

Official Communist Party publication Xinhua has published several articles questioning COVID-19’s provenance, and the state-run Global Times wrote, “As the U.S. COVID-19 situation becomes increasingly obscure, the Chinese public shares the suspicion raised by Zhao Lijian that the U.S. might be the source of the virus and that the U.S. is subject [to] questioning and is obliged to explain [its role to] the world.”

The undertaking is part of a broader campaign to deflect blame for the pandemic and China’s delay in taking action early in the emergence of the disease, which global experts say began in Wuhan, Hubei Province, potentially as early as November, and has infected more than 160,000 worldwide and killed nearly 6,000.

None of the numerous public figures and media outlets positing the alternative theories has provided evidence for their claims.
— CNBC, 3/15/20

Democrats have much to lose on Tuesday, November 3rd and the Coronavirus has proved them not only a fresh political club to hammer President Trump but an even greater opportunity for them to save their political class and allies a loss they would pay dearly for through 2024.

But what are a few thousand American deaths with all that at stake?

Last week, three UCLA basketball players were detained in China, accused of shoplifting designer sunglasses from an upscale store near the team’s hotel.

Three UCLA men’s basketball players — including LiAngelo Ball, the younger brother of Los Angeles Lakers rookie Lonzo Ball — were arrested in China just days before Friday’s season-opening game against Georgia Tech in Shanghai. One source told ESPN the group of players — which also included freshmen Cody Riley and Jalen Hill — was arrested on shoplifting charges.

The players are being questioned about stealing from a Louis Vuitton store that is located next to the team’s hotel in Hangzhou, where the Bruins had been staying before moving on to Shanghai on Wednesday.
— ESPN, 11/8/17

As we all know, crimes like that are punished harshly by Chinese authorities, especially when committed by foreigners. The previous administration allowed Americans to languish in horrific foreign prisons for crimes far less egregious, yet President Trump wasted little time to bring up the accused UCLA players with expeditious, definitive results.

Three UCLA basketball players detained in China on suspicion of shoplifting are on a plane back to Los Angeles.

Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott thanked President Donald Trump, the White House and the State Department for their efforts in resolving what he called “the incident with authorities in Hangzhou, China.” He indicated that UCLA made “significant efforts” on behalf of its three players.

Trump said Tuesday he had a long conversation about the three players’ status with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.
— Yahoo, 11/14/17

Of course, the black activist left will never acknowledge President Trump’s intervention into what could have been a long, drawn-out State Department negotiation that normally leaves the detained Americans in nasty jails for weeks, months, or worse. They’ll probably insist President Trump was simply doing his job and probably could have had the three released a couple of days earlier had he not been so indifferent to the plight of incarcerated black people.

“What they did was unfortunate,” Mr. Trump had said of the players. “You know, you’re talking about very long prison sentences. They do not play games.“

The UCLA players are suspected of stealing from a Louis Vuitton outlet around the corner from the hotel, where some sunglasses go for $740.

Mr. Trump had said that he hoped the Chinese president would help the players: LiAngelo Ball, a freshman guard; and Cody Riley and Jalen Hill, both freshman forwards. He emphasized that it was a “very, very rough situation, with what happened to them.“
— New York Times, 11/14/17

Those of us who’ve served overseas remember the stern warnings given not to break the law on foreign soil because the protections we enjoy in the United States are null and void outside our border. It would appear such a warning was not given to the UCLA players as they might have been considered demeaning, and as aimed at predominantly black players, racist.

Aside from the players (whose irresponsible behavior became an embarrassing bump during important diplomatic, president-level, foreign policy negotiations), don’t expect any thanks directed to President Trump, either by the media, Democrat politicians and/or social justice activists.

In fact, it’s sad how quickly some bite the hand that freed your son AFTER his ass was saved.

“Who?” LaVar Ball told ESPN on Friday, when asked about Trump’s involvement in the matter. “What was he over there for? Don’t tell me nothing. Everybody wants to make it seem like he helped me out.“

“As long as my boy’s back here, I’m fine,” LaVar Ball told ESPN. “I’m happy with how things were handled. A lot of people like to say a lot of things that they thought happened over there. Like I told him, ‘They try to make a big deal out of nothing sometimes.‘ I’m from L.A. I’ve seen a lot worse things happen than a guy taking some glasses. My son has built up enough character that one bad decision doesn’t define him.”
— ESPN, 11/19/17

Life is funny sometimes as things tend to be cyclical.

LiAngelo Ball’s father dismissed the intervention of the President of the United States to keep his son and others out of a Chinese prison, essentially said shoplifting is no big deal, and CNN’s “media critic” Brian Stelter took the opportunity to speak for all black people and turned the whole episode into an exercise in “racebaiting”.

Let’s put it this way; the next time anyone in the Ball family gets in trouble, there may not be a lot of people who’ll want to help them and rightfully so.

UPDATES

12/5/17: LaVar Ball pulls son LiAngelo Ball out of UCLA

Because it’s not about teaching your son right-from-wrong, consequences of actions, an education… no, it’s all about making sure LiAngelo is eligible for the NBA draft and all the money that comes with living off your children.

12/11/17: LaMelo, LiAngelo Ball agree to one-year deals with first-division Lithuanian team
12/12/17: Ball brothers picked ‘worst possible place,’ says American who played in Lithuania
12/20/17: How This Lithuanian Outpost Lured LiAngelo and LaMelo Ball

Being banished to the middle of nowhere is somehow quite fitting for the bouncing Balls.

12/22/17: Cody Riley, Jalen Hill Suspended for Season for Arrests Involving LiAngelo Ball

They can always leave the country….