Trump continues to build his dubious monument, a monolith of self-glorification erected on a foundation of distortion, deception, and deliberate falsification of history. He does not merely seek to write his own legend but to erase the truth, like a stonemason chiseling his own name over the inscription of reality. The self-proclaimed savior of the nation, a hero in pose, draping the mantle of glory over his shoulders as if he were destined for it. But heroes are rarely loud. They are rarely egocentric. They do not shout their deeds to the world\u2014they perform them, and their greatness often lies in silence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trump, however, is the opposite. No silence, but a crescendo of lies. No selfless service, but an endless spectacle of self-promotion. His followers, a loyal army of applause, do not clap because they know the truth\u2014but because they are told to. In this spectacle, this stage play of historical distortion, knowledge is not required. Obedience is the currency, and approval is the echo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And even in the darkest crisis of the 21st century, the COVID-19 pandemic, Trump does not stop. Even here, he must present himself as the savior, must shine in the light of his own legend. But appearances deceive. His role as the \"savior\" is a mask he wears while, in the background, the truth is suffocated\u2014science ignored, warnings silenced, human lives sacrificed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So let us begin the journey through his response to the coronavirus. A journey that is now destined to be written as a heroic epic in the new history books of state-controlled educational boards. But the truth is different, a dark chronicle of ignorance, cynicism, and lust for power. It begins long before 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2014 \u2013 The Shadows of the Virus
During the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, health experts worldwide warned of the need for robust preparedness. The Obama administration strengthened the global health infrastructure and developed pandemic plans. But Donald Trump, then a businessman and television personality, exploited the fear to attack Obama on Twitter: \"Obama should not let infected people into the US. They belong in quarantine. VERY BAD!\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2018 \u2013 The Destruction of Pandemic Infrastructure
Donald Trump, now president, dismissed dozens of health experts from the National Security Council and closed the \u201cGlobal Health Security Team.\u201d \"We are saving costs,\" he declared. Pandemic drills were ignored, warnings went unheard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2020 \u2013 The Deadly Standstill
In January 2020, as COVID-19 shook China, Trump praised Xi Jinping and claimed the virus was \"under control.\" Weeks passed while the world trembled. Yet in Washington, there was silence. Then came chaos and denial: \"It will disappear like a miracle.\" Trump demanded \"Re-Open America\" while hospitals were overwhelmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2021 \u2013 The Vaccine Spectacle
Trump left the White House under the shadow of the pandemic. Yet his supporters called him the \"father of the vaccine.\" What they concealed: Trump's vaccine program was a chaotic patchwork, built on the foundations of his predecessors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2022 \u2013 The Revenge of Conspiracies
Trump, back on the political stage, embraced conspiracy theories. Anti-vaxxers, conspiracy theorists, and self-proclaimed \"freedom fighters\" found an ally in him. \"The deep state lied to us,\" he claimed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2025 \u2013 The Rewriting of History
Trump is back in the White House, and the narrative changes. Books are rewritten, curricula are adjusted. It is taught that Trump \"saved America from the virus.\" And those who say otherwise are \"liars.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But the facts remain. They are the witnesses of another truth, one that some try to erase but can never fully disappear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rewriting the History of COVID-19 on Government Websites<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In April 2025, the official US government website Covid.gov was extensively redesigned. Instead of neutral information on testing, vaccinations, and treatments, the site now presents a one-sided narrative promoting the theory of a lab leak in Wuhan as the \"true origin\" of the virus. Prominent health officials like Dr. Anthony Fauci are criticized, and measures such as mask mandates and social distancing are called into question. Experts view this redesign as an attempt to politically reinterpret the history of the pandemic and to glorify Trump's role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Legally, it can be argued, based on the documented decisions and the chronology of his responses during the COVID-19 pandemic, that Donald Trump, through deliberate disregard of scientific warnings, the spread of misinformation, and the targeted weakening of pandemic defenses, significantly contributed to the loss of human lives.<\/p>\n
Trump baut weiter an seinem fragw\u00fcrdigen Denkmal, einem Monolithen der Selbstverherrlichung, errichtet auf dem Fundament aus Verzerrung, T\u00e4uschung und gezielter Geschichtsf\u00e4lschung. Er will nicht nur seine eigene Legende schreiben, sondern die Wahrheit ausradieren, wie ein Steinmetz, der \u00fcber die Inschrift der Realit\u00e4t seinen eigenen Namen mei\u00dfelt. Der selbsternannte Retter der Nation, ein Held in der […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1323,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trump-s-world"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/trump-covid.webp?fit=990%2C518&ssl=1","author_info":{"display_name":"Rainer Hofmann","author_link":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/author\/admin\/"},"yoast_head":"\n