Why Trump is Trying to Gin Up His Flying Monkeys/Trumpanzees

Yesterday, I noted that Trump has shifted from "I'll work with the governors" to trying to unleash his horde of Trumpanzees in states led by Democratic governors.

Why the shift, you may wonder. This is why:

As President Donald Trump works to contain the damage from the novel coronavirus outbreak in the U.S., the rally in support he enjoyed as the nation entered a virtual lockdown has faded. His job approval rating, now 43%, has slipped six percentage points since mid-March when he earned 49% approval, which tied his personal best.
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The six-point decline in the president's approval rating is the sharpest drop Gallup has recorded for the Trump presidency so far, largely because Trump's ratings have been highly stable and have yet to reach the historical average for presidents (back to 1945) of 53%.

As much as I dislike him as a president (and as a human being), I would have been thrilled if he had risen to the occasion and acted like a real leader who put the country first ahead of his own interests. You know, like Captain Crozier. But he isn't. To Trump, everything about this pandemic is about him, about the ratings that the Daily Trump Show is pulling in.

If he had done that, his approval ratings would have shot up. He'd still have the Trumpanzees voting for him; he might have won over a good number of independents and enough Democrats to comfortably win, maybe even with a good majority of the popular vote. But that's never going to happen, because Trump cannot be a good man about anything. He's a venal little narcissist/sociopath who cannot conceive of selflessness and kindness.

Meanwhile, if you listen to a "doctor" with a TV show, you're being gulled by stupid morons who can't distinguish between accidents and infectious diseases, not to mention thinking that a few million more dead people is a good idea.