Partly Facetious: Trump's legacy of dealing or not dealing

ARTICLE: "Donald Trump's legacy won't be that easy to dismiss by Democrats."

"What legacy? His legacy of dealing or shall we say not dealing effectively with the coronavirus, I mean the pandemic continues to rage in the US, as well as misreading the speed of spread of black lives matter movement that rivals the spread of the pandemic..."

"Those are mistakes and I reckon Trump's character militates against his acknowledging his mistake. See when you are up there, you have so many sycophants willing to praise whatever you are doing or..."

"I hope you are not referring to The Khan...he is a pioneer in the world of implementing a smart lockdown and effectively dealing with the pandemic..."

"Smart lockdown requires test and trace and we ain't doing that to the level required as the tests cost a lot of money and we have no money..."

"Because of those dratted Nawalas and Zardis and..."

"Let me finish...in Islamabad if the army is deployed to ensure the lockdown is smart in a locality then it is smart, but if the police..."

"That's true, but with regard to respecting other religions and other ethnic groups let me point to Kartarpur..."

"Absolutely, I regard that as The Khan's most far reaching legacy and the panagahs as well..."

"Right, but going back to Trump's legacy I was not referring to his failure to deal with some issues but in areas where his impact is visible and emulated by many a world leader..."

"I know his coining the term fake news."

"Indeed, and let's be honest in Islamabad fake news does the rounds under the guise of speculation - see The Khan one day said he is the only option and isn't going anywhere but after just one day he was forced to say that it is up to God to determine how long anyone stays in any seat..."

"Hmmm, so he has conceded that the minus one formula may be successful but added that if the party doesn't change its ideology......"

"The Khan has changed his ideology in the economic arena: raised petroleum levy to the highest possible, did not reduce sales tax from 17 percent even though with a price rise in oil and products total collections under sales tax rise, raised domestic and external indebtedness to more than was required to pay off previous loans, is suddenly supporting privatization over restructuring..."

"That's political philosophy (U-turns) not ideology - ideology is Medina ki riyasat and that will take a long time because the mafias so wait for another I don't know ten to fifteen years at least..."

"Don't be facetious."

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