It seems to me that we need a new concept to discuss the Trump/GOP reaction to the coronavirus disaster. Everyone knows about the Big Lie, which is so outlandish people can& #39;t believe it& #39;s a lie. What we have now is the Big Fail, so extreme that people can& #39;t process it 1/

I mean, if you& #39;ve spent three years believing that Trump Made America Great Again, how do you deal with the fact that >1000 Americans are dying of Covid-19 each day, compared with 6 (six) in Italy? 2/

There& #39;s a lot of grasping at straws. I see that Trump is gloating over new outbreaks in some countries, like Australia, that thought they had it beat. And that is a cause for concern. But bear in mind what AU& #39;s outbreak looks like compared to ours 3/

And Australia is imposing a full lockdown in Melbourne to stop this outbreak in its tracks; Florida, which is losing 180 people a day compared with Australia& #39;s 8, won& #39;t even require face masks and is reopening schools 4/

The point is that the contrast between the Trump hagiography and the reality of one of history& #39;s greatest policy failures is too great for the faithful (and of course Trump himself) to process. So they& #39;re becoming increasingly delusional 5/

To be a Trump supporter now is to be constantly at war with reality. And it& #39;s terrifying to think what that will mean if Trump loses the election 6/