He must be held accountable and yes, it is time to “politicize” this.
For two months since the outbreak began Trump downplayed the risk, said we had it under control, said we stopped it, said we are doing a great job, said the CDC and “My Administration” are doing a great job of handling the Corona Virus and just two weeks ago said "It’s going to disappear. One day, it’s like a miracle, it will disappear". He repeatedly surrounded himself with appointees telling America not to worry because of his great leadership we have basically crushed this.
While Trump should have been accepting the WHO gold standard test the world accepted his administration had to do it his way USA test delaying our ability to test by months and we still aren't where we need to be. While Trump should have been leading the call for social isolation, hammering home that if your'e sick you have a patriotic duty to self isolate, hammering home the need to limit contact he instead said it's going to "work out fine", held rallies and walked crowd lines shaking hands. While Trump should have been screening and tracking he claimed dem’s and the media were inflaming the issue even calling it the "new hoax".
Trump fiddled while Singapore and Hong Kong demonstrated to the world how deal with the outbreak. Even China where the outbreak hit by surprise has flattened the curve and is reopening while we are
We'll here we are, a full blown outbreak with exponential growth and cases in almost every state in the nation. Soon we will see hospitals overwhelmed, a near complete shutdown of the economy, economic impacts far beyond the $9 trillion loss in the market. Soon many will die that didn't have too.
So now, after eliminating our pandemic response team and failing us completely, what is Trump saying after months of claiming to have been doing a great job due to his great leadership? “I don’t take responsibility at all” and it's Obama's fault.
After the swine flue, which hit just months into Obama's term and for which republican Senator Susan Collins blocked emergency funding to fight, the Obama administration performed a scientific study to examine the response. They found four critical failures. 1, National surveillance data wasn't specific enough to detect rapid changes. 2, It took too much time to "collect, validate, summarize, and disseminate surveillance data." 3, Roles of federal agencies needed to be better defined and communication with military and homeland security officials needed clarification. 4, More timely, clinical guidance was needed on the best treatment for seriously ill, hospitalized patients.
In response to the report, Ebola and the fact that of course we would have another pandemic, the Obama administration created a national pandemic response directorate within the NSC so we don't make those mistakes again.
When asked about his disbanding of America’s pandemic response team Trump basically said "who would have thought we would have another pandemic?" How about the team of experts he canned and anyone, science and history.
We’ve had the the greatest, the best, thanks to my leadership... "I don’t take responsibility at all."
Bullshit. This idiot has totally failed America. This is not just mismanagement it is a gross dereliction of duty that is causing a massive loss of blood and treasure.
Trump forged the anchor, wrought the chain and wrapped it around his neck.
Time to drop the anchor.
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