Bolsonaro struggling against Trump in Pandemic Death Race 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump loves winning; hates to lose. That’s why he’s pulled out all stops to win Pandemic Death Race 2020 against his protégé, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. Trump left Bolsonaro in the dust early on, as virus from Asia and Europe poured in with U.S. and foreign travelers while largely isolated Brazil remained way down the list of the world’s 195 countries. Trump delayed, denied, denigrated there was even a problem, claiming it was 15 cases going down to one, when it was skyrocketing to several million with over a hundred thousand dead. His signature tactic was claiming the facemask as a Democratic meme to defeat his November 3 re-election. ‘Don’t wear it’ he hinted to his red state base…and they didn’t, resulting in a second rosy tinted infection wave while the first wave was still smoldering. Economic Closedown 2.0 is now under way.

Not to be outdone, Bolsonaro governed Brazil in a reckless fashion that might shock even The Donald. He joked about pandemic, partied hardy, even greeting constituents without a mask saying, “That’s life…we all die”. Bosonaro’s reward: a Covid STD (Stupidly Transmitted Disease). Brazil vaulted from also ran to also deadly, grabbing second place in a race to the death. Now, 214,000 Americans and Brazilians lay dead from over 5,482,000 infections. That represents 41% or the worlds’ infections and 37% of the dead, from two grotesquely governed lands that represent just 7% of the earth’s souls.

Even adjusting for population Bolsonaro can’t compete against Trump. U.S. infection rate is 10,715 per million to Brazil’s 9,095. Death rate is 420 per million in the U.S., 350 in Brazil. The Trump of the Tropics (Trump’s moniker for Bolsonaro) will never catch the original and best. America’s Trump wins Pandemic Death Race 2020.