28 August 2020: Staycation Update

The three previous nights the Republican Convention have led up to last night’s main event where Donald Trump accepted the Republican presidential nomination. Trump and other speakers have argued that under Trump the economy has only improved, foreign terrorists have been defeated, and the coronavirus pandemic is an afterthought. There is definitely a need to fact check some of these statements. Anyway, Donald Trump’s position on the corona pandemic is probably the reason why he made his closing address in front of an audience of around 1,500 officials and supporters at the White House, sitting packed together, few wearing masks. No corona concerns at all… As I’ve been following the Republican Convention with growing concern on the future of a country that I once liked so much, below picture came to mind, don’t know why… I took the picture while I was enjoying the Columbus Day Parade in Boston on 8 October, 2017.