He's also aiming straight at Democratic governors, who will fight his efforts to have his rallies in their states. "If we're listening to our best medical minds in this country, political events are going to be some of the last activities that are phased in as we reboot our economy," said Michigan's Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. "I think it's going to be a long time before anyone thinks it's safe to have big gatherings," Whitmer told Politico. "It's important that we’re all very mindful, and that goes for campaign rallies on both sides of the aisle." An aide to Wisconsin's Democratic Gov. Tony Evers agreed. "If there was a situation where the president was trying to violate his own guidelines, we would certainly have a conversation about that."

He wants to have this fight. He thinks it's good for him politically. (If you can attribute "thinking" as the reason for anything Trump does.) This would be fine. He could have his rallies with his zombie crowds. It would absolutely be fine if coronavirus could be contained to just the Trumpers. But they'd go out into the larger world and breathe on everyone else. And more people would die because Trump can't control his own impulses and no one around him is enough of a patriot to force him to.

And just because there's always a tweet, here's a tweet: