I have a serious question - seriously.

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34. He didn't see any clear benefit to him in acting properly.

Pure and simple. Trump is about what is in an action for him, his life has apparently been that way. He doesn’t seem capable of thinking broadly about issues and implications.

I remember when H1N1 struck the country 90 days after President Obama took office. President Obama didn’t downplay that virus, he marshaled science and experts to attack it. Even as scientists were desperately working on a vaccine in the background, we learned to sneeze into our elbow and President Obama modeled that. We learned to use paper towels to touch doorknobs of public doors. As soon as scientists learned more about how to slow the virus, we were asked to add protective measures. I am sure of two things on this day, if Trump had been president during H1N1, far more people would have died, far far more. And if President Obama was President today, an enormous number of dead Americans would still be living and the country would not be in economic peril.