Yep, Douthat defines it: "Great men and bad men alike seek attention as a means of getting power, but our president is interested in power only as a means of getting attention."
And Trump's latest attention grubber is his hydroxychloroquine grubby grabber.
See also:
As Job Losses Mount, Lawmakers Face a Make-or-Break Moment [...] Never forget: none of this had to happen. P - If Trump had been smart and on top of things, the virus could have been contained quickly, like it has been in Taiwan, South Korea, Iceland, New Zealand, etc. Instead, he dithered and treated it as a PR problem. P - If Trump had been a real leader, instead of shirking his responsibility and insisting the states do everything themselves, plunging the nation into chaos, the impact of the virus would have been much less. https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=155532367 .. also here .. The stark difference between Trump and Obama is encapsulated in Obama's words https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=155533504