Kill the Messanger

 

So the news from the Bureau of Labor Statistics about unemployment was so bad Donald Trump fired the head of that agency.

The news could not be that bad, he reasoned.

So she must be a pinko, Commie, leftist, elitist, Trump hating civil servant and off with her head!

She also is not blonde and her hair is short, so what is she doing working for the government anyway?

Erika McEntarfer, former head of BLS

There are lots of government employees in the weather service (where their work can be corrected with a marker on a map), in the department of agriculture (where they occasionally have to give bad news to a farmer that his herd is infected with Mad Cow Disease, and it has to be slaughtered to prevent Americans who would eat the contaminated meat dying horrible deaths 20 years from now), at the CDC, where news of a pandemic might unsettle the American public, not to mention the markets.

So, Mr. Trump has learned his lesson: if bad news arrives, simply kill the messenger and deny the news.

Paul Krugman predicted some time ago there would be no bad news about the economy because Trump would simply fire everyone who could deliver any.

Paul Krugman

And maybe create your own good news: IV bleach beats COVID 19 every time and maybe horse worm medicine, too.

What? Me Worry?

No wonder Mr. Trump smiles so much. He never hears a bad word. Well, until he does, then he simply sues or fires someone.