Karma

Karma.

Karma is defined as "destiny or fate, following as effect from cause."

As the President sits in a hospital room; as the secret service scrambles to keep enough healthy bodies in place; as Senator after Senator succumbs to the virus and isolates; as virtually all of the participants in the President's preparations for his debate and subsequent travels fall victim (Chris Christie being the latest); as his campaign grinds to a halt just a month short of pay dirt...

Karma.

The effect is the collapse of his warped kingdom just as it needs to be strong. The cause is arrogance and insensitivity, a lack of leadership that looks outward rather than in. The President made a calculation that his own selfish interests were best served by publicly denying the realities of the pandemic, a deceit that forced him to publicly adopt the dangerous practices that have created such damage, lest he be exposed. The revelations that he and his posse did not provide testing prior to their appearance, unmasked and proximate, mean that those not involved in his deceptions are also subject to infection.

The infected will continue to rise. Any closeness to this President is a specific cause of worry, and more often than not, of an illness that can kill. More names will emerge as the gestation period of the virus matures. The scenario being played out in D.C. is a summary of the same being experienced around the country, as the lack of seriousness in leadership has caused widespread conflict and suffering, as well as a horrible portion of the over 200,000 deaths.

The shame of Karma is the collateral damage, the innocent bystanders wounded by the shrapnel. The higher the point of the explosion, the wider the blast field... and Karma has ripped up President Trump at the highest point in America.

Karma is, as advertised, a bitch. Sadly, sadly, it is not being contained to they who courted its response. It has come for us all.