The actually relevant xkcd for this case is: https://xkcd.com/2278/ https://xkcd.com/2278/ "[ The graph is labeled "Things", with "Time" advancing to the righ

The actually relevant xkcd for this case is: https://xkcd.com/2278/ https://xkcd.com/2278/ "[ The graph is labeled "Things", with "Time" advancing to the right on the x-axis. The level of "Things" has been rising over time to a point labeled "Now". The current level of "Things" is above a level labeled "Good", and about as far below a level labeled "Bad". ]" "Here's the situation: This line is here. But it's going up toward here." Published around March 9th. One day later one president was recorded stating: "It will go away. Just stay calm. It will go away... [B]e calm. It's really working out. And a lot of good things are going to happen." https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/it-will-go-away-trump-s-coronavirus-rhetoric-isn-t-n1155296 https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/it-will-go-away-tru... The article covering that concludes: ... "he's still acting as if he can bluff his way out of the crisis. He cannot."