Shifting blame elsewhere

When he was president, Harry Truman used to have a sign like the one shown above on his desk. ‘The Buck Stops Here’ meant that as a real leader he accepted responsibility for running the country.

But Donald Trump refuses to accept responsibility. He has falsely claimed to have inherited an ‘empty’ stockpile of medical equipment from the previous president. That excuse might pass by back before the halfway point in his term. Right now, as he campaigns for reelection, it is absurd.

On April 9, 2020 at the Associated Press (AP) there was an article by Jonathan Lemire titled As pandemic deepens, Trump cycles through targets to blame. The Wheel of Blame shown above is for keeping track of which of 19 common targets he currently is using. It was modified from this template at Wikimedia Commons.