• The EU is planning to exclude Americans from entry into its member countries when its updated guidelines on travel in the coronavirus era are put in place on July 1. “Citing failures,” the title says. How about gross incompetence, American stupidity, and Americans' preference to live in a world of fantasy? - NYT, Tuesday, June 23, 2020
• Steve Schmidt, John McCain’s 2008 campaign manager with a brutal commentary on Trump:video or transcript: Political Wire, Tuesday, June 23, 2020.

“When you listen to the President, these are the musings of an imbecile. An idiot. And I don’t use those words to name call. I use them because they are the precise words of the English language to describe his behavior. His comportment. His actions. We’ve never seen a level of incompetence, a level of ineptitude so staggering on a daily basis by anybody in the history of the country whose ever been charged with substantial responsibilities."_