From politico. This is so sickening to read, I never thought I'd see something like this in my country. This was always some far-away foreign country, not where I lived. It also sends chills down my spine when I think how easily he could've been reelected. If he had shown some empathy related to Covid, I think he gets another 4 years. Thank God he doesn't have the ability to show empathy and he will be going away, hopefully to never be heard from again.
— Finally, Trump is departing a capital city that he transformed. Washington is essentially occupied by thousands of troops (Trump abandoned the Green Zone in Baghdad and set one up in D.C.), economically reeling from the pandemic (dozens of restaurants have closed), and scarred by the remnants of summer looting. The Capitol building remains defaced by the attack instigated by the departing president and ringed by steel fencing and concrete barriers.
Yesterday we made some final preparations to cover the inaugural. One of us criss-crossed downtown streets clotted with military vehicles and troops in camo on our way to get yet another coronavirus test at the Pentagon. Another one of us visited our long-vacant office to pick up a bulletproof vest. That’s the Washington Trump is leaving behind.