WASHINGTON: A New York Times front page filled start to finish with one-line obituaries in small print of a thousand victims of the coronavirus pandemic greeted readers on Sunday, as the United States lurched towards the grim milestone of 100,000 deaths from Covid-19.
Evidently reconciled to the death toll and encouraged by declining infections and fatality rates, President Donald Trump headed out for a round of golf on Memorial Day weekend, when millions of Americans emerge outdoors to party and commemorate those who died to secure the country.
Trump himself — described by critics as a petulant child for his insistence on not observing social distancing norms – once again disdained basic protocol, with television footage showing him shaking hands with a fellow golfer at his own resort in Sterling, Virginia, outside Washington DC. Opposition figures excoriated the President for golfing at the expense of taxpayers during a pandemic, but his fan base celebrated his insouciance even as he punctuated his outing with dozens of tweets that included fueli