Jealous of Dr. Fauci’s invite from the Nationals, Trump reportedly surprised the Yankees—and his own staff—by announcing he’d be taking the mound next month in New York.
When he abruptly announced on Sunday that he would not be throwing out the first pitch at the Yankees game August 15,that it was because he couldn’t break his “strong focus” on the coronavirus pandemic and a host of other issues he’s never before had a problem ignoring. But the real reason he won’t be taking the mound next month is far simpler: He hadn’t actually been asked.
Why would Trump impulsively announce he’d been asked to throw a ceremonial first pitch at a baseball game he hadn’t actually been invited to, on a date when he already had something on his schedule? Because, the nation’s top infectious disease expert whose clear-eyed assessments of the coronavirus crisis contradict the president’s wishful thinking, was about to throw out the first pitch at the Washington Nationals home opener against the Yankees.
Trump has done this kind of thing before, and for equally stupid, selfish reasons. The most recent example, perhaps, was his
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