How Trump let the U.S. fall behind the curve on coronavirus threat

[TomCADem]

It may not get the ratings of cable TV, but good old fashion print media is invaluable for informing as opposed to sensationalizing current events. When you lay out the facts, you can't escape the conclusion that Trump's incompetence is going to cause thousands, if not tens of thousands, of Americans to die.

https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-04-19/coronavirus-outbreak-president-trump-slow-response

Trump has at various times called the catastrophe unforeseeable or blamed the World Health Organization and China; his predecessor, who he claimed left him an “empty shelf” of medical equipment; and state governors whom he accused of mismanaging the health crisis.

But from the first international reports of the virus’ appearance in China in late December until Trump declared a nationwide emergency in mid-March, his administration delayed or bungled basic but crucial steps to contain the spread of infections and prepare the country for a pandemic, according to a Times review of internal government records and interviews with administration officials and outside experts.

In that key early period, many of the Trump presidency’s most deeply ingrained characteristics — its distrust of the federal bureaucracy, internal personality conflicts, lack of a formal policymaking process and Trump’s own insistence on controlling the public message — severely hampered the federal response, according to current and former White House officials and public health experts.

Even senior members of the administration who sought to warn Trump about the looming dangers were rebuffed, said several administration officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment on internal discussions.

[Wellstone ruled]

1. The Orange Anus knew from

the first verified case if he could not control the story as well as the body counts. His ass was grass and the American People was the lawn mower and would throw him out at the first chance.

Since day one of his Reign,it has been a Campaign to Reelect himself and along the way,if he and his Crime Syndicate could steal a few Billion,well tough shitski baby,you are all losers.

[SamBob]

2. his constant tantrums are showing idiots around the world that it's okay to have them and blame

everyone else around them except themselves.

I know there's quite a few quotes by trump that are similar to that saying.