7/19/2020

My dear Friend & POTUS, DJT,

            Wouldn’t it be nice if we could set back the clock? Have a do over? My husband contemplates that all day, every day. I encourage him to find joy in today, but that’s hard to do these days when there are no sports to watch & no new episodes of Jeopardy on TV.

            As I am sure you are aware, yesterday’s NYT featured a comprehensive article about WH conversations in mid-April & how they led to the CV mess we are in right now. I’m afraid Dr. Birx (DLB) doesn’t look too good in this accounting. They called her the “the chief evangelist for the idea that the threat from the virus was fading” & say she was “a constant source of upbeat news” using Italy’s experience with CV as her guide to what would happen here. As we both know, things have not turned out as well as DLB hoped.

CNN says that DLB is the person who convinced you to change the way that national data is collected. I wonder if this is the best idea. While the CDC database may be ancient, it seems strange to me to switch things up right now. It makes me think that the WH wants to manipulate the data to make it look better. You don’t want to mislead the public, do you?

CNN suggests that DLB’s years in the Army helped her become an “ambitious political chameleon” who somehow knows how to please her boss & get her job done. I certainly hope she knows how to get the job done, but I wonder if her efforts to please you are interfering with her medical judgement.

According to Pastor Mark Batterson, God has a plan. So, turning back the clock wouldn’t do us any good. I’m not so sure about a grand plan. What do you think? Perhaps we can both meditate on that today & you can let me know if you get some insight on that question.

HYITL,