I want to be clear.

I cannot stand to watch Donald Trump campaign rallies when I am told that’s what I am watching. I especially cannot stomach them when we are told he is going to “brief” the nation on the ongoing fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

And yet …

We get campaign rally-style riffs from Donald Trump at the White House. He keeps yapping about what a “great” and “fantastic” job he says he’s doing to fight the virus. He keeps hammering at Democrats for their alleged “obstruction” and at the media for their “fake news” reporting of the facts.

It’s all part and parcel of a typical Donald Trump rally.

I attended an actual Trump rally this past year at the American Airlines Center in downtown Dallas. I actually had a good time visiting with assorted Trumpkins who waited in line with me to get into the arena. The rally itself was, oh, the typical rant. So, I left.

I just am weary of turning on the TV and seeing POTUS’s mug looking at me while he’s supposedly offering the latest news on the fight against the pandemic.

That is why I normally turn the channel away from it. Strangely, though, I am lured to watch it hoping (foolishly) that there might be a nugget of important information coming from Donald Trump.

How silly of me.