If you had any doubt about it, the images from Memorial Day made it clear: this election, to a large extent, will be a battle between the side that wears masks and the side that doesn’t. How will that work out?
Trump’s swagger is largely intended to give people who are worried about the future a sense of security. Under normal circumstances, at a psychological level, it makes sense. Will it have the same effect in a pandemic, particularly among the elderly? By insisting on reopening at any costs, by identifying with lockdown protesters, and by refusing to wear a mask, isn’t he sending a message to workers and the elderly that he considers them expendable?
Indeed he is, and he is likely to pay for it in November.