Has Trump's magic faded? Has he finally fallen flat on his face in front of his supporters with this corona mess?

Taken together, this is a massive failure in leadership that stems from a massive defect in character. Trump is such a habitual liar that he is incapable of being honest, even when being honest would serve his interests. He is so impulsive, shortsighted, and undisciplined that he is unable to plan or even think beyond the moment. He is such a divisive and polarizing figure that he long ago lost the ability to unite the nation under any circumstances and for any cause. And he is so narcissistic and unreflective that he is completely incapable of learning from his mistakes. The president’s disordered personality makes him as ill-equipped to deal with a crisis as any president has ever been. With few exceptions, what Trump has said is not just useless; it is downright injurious.

The nation is recognizing this, treating him as a bystander “as school superintendents, sports commissioners, college presidents, governors and business owners across the country take it upon themselves to shut down much of American life without clear guidance from the president,” in the words of Peter Baker and Maggie Haberman of The New York Times.

Donald Trump is shrinking before our eyes.

The coronavirus is quite likely to be the Trump presidency’s inflection point, when everything changed, when the bluster and ignorance and shallowness of America’s 45th president became undeniable, an empirical reality, as indisputable as the laws of science or a mathematical equation.

It has taken a good deal longer than it should have, but Americans have now seen the con man behind the curtain. The president, enraged for having been unmasked, will become more desperate, more embittered, more unhinged. He knows nothing will be the same. His administration may stagger on, but it will be only a hollow shell. The Trump presidency is over.

I doubt it. It would not surprise me if some of his cult members have a statue of him in their house that they pray to every day. Or maybe they pray to their Trumpy bear. lol.

Oh. In reply to 'he is doing fine'. Some incredible imbecile turned down Test kits available from WHO. Meanwhile, the first batch of CDC test kits were flawed. Result? America was way behind on testing. Deaths may have been prevented.

But he did finally do the right thing by declaring  state of emergency....probably at the urging of his advisers, who no doubt told him he would not get reelected if everyone was dead.

The mask is starting to slip, but behind it lies a thick layer of bronzer! 

Compared to what others have done? He's doing fine.

What "mess"?  He's done as much as possible, and having taken the initiative to shut down travelers from China instead of listening to the WHO and Democrats, we are in much better shape than most of Europe, which didn't react until it was too late.

I wish you would move there so you could experience your utopia.

It's fade amongst independents and Republicans that he'd their nose and voted for him because they hated Hillary.   For cilt members like Ninefinger, it will never fade.  He is their god.

Absolutely.

TRUMP'S OWN WORDS ON CORONAVIRUS

January 22: Trump on Coronavirus: "We have it totally under control!"

January 24: Trump on Coronavirus: "It will all work out well!"

January 30: Trump on Coronavirus: "We have it very well under control, and I think its going to have a very good ending. So that I can assure you!"

February 2: Trump on Coronavirus "Well, we pretty much shut it down coming in from China, but we did shut it down!" No clue whatsoever of the severity of what’s coming.

February 10: On Fox News Trump says without evidence that the coronavirus "dies with the hotter weather". "You know, a lot of people think that goes away in April with the heat."

February 24: Trump tweeted another baselessly claims: "The Coronavirus is very much under control in the USA."

February 25: Trump falsely claims: "You may ask about the coronavirus, which is very well under control in our country. We have very few people with it, and the people that have it are… getting better. They’re ALL getting better!" Obviously he doesn’t care for those who died from it. (Like captured soldiers.)

February 26: Trump wrongly says the coronavirus "is a flu".

February 26: Trump baselessly predicts the number of US cases is "going very substantially down" to "close to zero".

February 26: Trump wrongly says the flu death rate is "much higher" than Dr. Sanjay Gupta said. Coronavirus has 10X death rate compared to flu. If 60K die from flu then 600K will die from Coronavirus!

February 27: Trump baselessly said: "It's going to disappear. One day -- it's like a miracle -- it will disappear."

February 28: Trump said at a rally that coronavirus was a democratic hoax. No, it was a warning he did not listen to as usual. It’s always all about him.

March 2: Trump falsely claims "nobody knew" the number of US flu deaths. Nope, he’s the only one that doesn’t know as usual.

March 2: Trump says a vaccine is coming "relatively soon". Trump did not mention that the CDC had told him earlier that day that a vaccine was "a year to a year and a half" away.

March 5: Trump wrongly claims the virus only hit the US "three weeks ago". Trump was informed of a confirmed case on January 21(6 weeks prior). He lied.

March 5: World Health Organization (WHO) based on data collected around the world stated the global mortality rate for coronavirus at 3.4%. Trump says, "I think the 3.4 % is really a false number, this is just my hunch!" (Hunch over facts in Trump's world)

March 6: As the number of cases and deaths in Italy rises, Trump says

“I hear the number's getting much better in Italy” Another lie.

March 6: Trump falsely claims anybody can get tested if they want.That wasn't true. There were an insufficient number of tests available, as Pence said the day prior, and Americans could not get tested simply because they wanted to get tested. "You may not get a test unless a doctor or public health official prescribes a test."

March 6: Trump baselessly muses that "maybe" the coronavirus improved US jobs numbers, Trump never thinks in terms of people and families losing lives… just numbers to boost his ego.

March 11: Trump TV speech wrongly states Insurance companies will pay for patients' coronavirus treatment. Next day Insurance Coalition corrected Trump and said they will pay ONLY for co-payments, NOT treatment. Big difference!

March 11: Trump TV speech wrongly states his Travel Ban to Europe will "apply to the tremendous amount of trade..." Next day White House officials corrected Trump misinformation and said, "Travel ban will NOT include trade!" Trump can’t even read a teleprompter correctly.

March 11: Trump’s Ban to Europe does NOT include Britain and Scotland, were there are more confirmed coronavirus cases than in some European countries.

Trump owns golf resorts in Britain and Scotland. I'm sure that's just a coincidence.

Trump assured Americans at that February 26 news conference that the number of people infected in the US is "going very substantially down, not up."  ... "the 15[cases], within a couple of days, is going to be down to close to zero."

He is without a doubt the best president in the last 50 years

More like the opposite....LOL  He is being seen as a decisive and effective leader.  LOL