NY Post headline on Trump Axios Interview with follow up by Hans Christian Andersen

PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS COVID-19 IN US IS ‘LOWEST IN NUMEROUS CATEGORIES Steven Nelson NY Post August 4, 2020

How well Your Majesty’s new clothes look. Aren’t they becoming!” He heard on all sides, “That pattern, so perfect! Those colors, so suitable! It is a magnificent outfit.”

Then the minister of public processions announced: “Your Majesty’s canopy is waiting outside.”

“Well, I’m supposed to be ready,” the Emperor said, and turned again for one last look in the mirror. “It is a remarkable fit, isn’t it?” He seemed to regard his costume with the greatest interest.

The noblemen who were to carry his train stooped low and reached for the floor as if they were picking up his mantle. Then they pretended to lift and hold it high. They didn’t dare admit they had nothing to hold.

From The Emporer’s New Clothes” by
Hans Christian Andersen 1837