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'Wartime Coronavirus President’?

Certain points in history have tested the mettle of American Presidents. Washington had armies of posh, pesky Brits to battle. Lincoln had to out manoeuvre chicken eatin’, cotton pickin’, slave drivin’, secession seekin’ Southerners. FDR stared down squadrons of suicidal, Zero-flying, empire building Asians.  President Trump, who at first underestimated the power of this invisible enemy, has in election year, upgraded his presidency to that of a ‘Wartime President’. Declaring the COVID19 pandemic a war zone, as well as a destructive disease. War on COVID19! Former White House right-hand man, Steve Bannon came out in support of Trump’s assumption, ‘We are at war and now by necessity he is a ‘wartime’ president. Churchill rose to the occasion and secured his place in history. Trump’s moment is here, to grasp or to lose.’ Churchill and Trump used in the same paragraph? Now there’s something you don’t see every day. Doctor Donald & Mr Trump? The President continues t...