ML-Implode News - Trump to Governors: I'd Like You to Do Us a Favor, Though

... there's little doubt governors feel life-or-death pressure to flatter the president. "Several governors made clear they fear inadvertently harming their own citizens if they are too strident in demands for desperately needed medical supplies, or if they clash too publicly with Trump over pandemic policy as the contagion spreads," reported The Los Angeles Times. A New York official told The Post that Gov. Andrew Cuomo and others in the state are "working under the assumption they will not get much help from the federal government, but that criticizing Trump could jeopardize any help they could receive."
Trump isn't just trying to feed his ego by coercing blue state governors into pretending that he's doing a good job. He's getting help with the November election. His campaign just rolled out a new ad, titled "Hope," featuring appreciative quotes from Cuomo and Gov. Gavin Newsom of California. With the lives of their constituents at stake, they've given him the made-for-TV sound bites he was never able to extract from Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelensky... in order to secure lifesaving assistance, our leaders have to grovel to the man who has helped create our tragedy.

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Trump to Governors: I'd Like You to Do Us a Favor, Though