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The man ignored U.S Intelligence months ago when being warned of what was coming. It was more important for him to go to his pep rallies and to get his fans worked up. He claimed the severity of this threat was an overblown "HOAX" or "FAKE NEWS" by the media and experts somehow collectively engineered to "make him look bad" or "to bring him down". As the increasingly hysterical media goaded him about lack of meaningful action, he poured gas on the fire by waiting almost TWO WEEKS before declaring a public health emergency after the first confirmed infection. (compare that to two days after the first H1N1 case in 2009). That's an eternity when dealing with the threat of an incoming pandemic. Refusing to declare a PHE earlier kept federal actions and resources for medicine and testing stymied during those precious early days -- critical for any successful containment. It most assuredly contributed to the spread and infection rate growing exponentially. Of course, when they finally did act, we all know the initial tests sent by the CDC were faulty -- further delaying the reckoning of the scale and scope of infections. We have never seen a more devastating example of incompetence and inaction in our lifetimes. Never has refusal to take responsibility and flippant attitude toward U.S. intelligence warnings of serious impending harm yielded consequences that threaten to destroy the underpinnings of this country with a financial collapse not seen in 100 years, if ever.

He downplayed it because he was rightfully concerned about the effect it would have on the economy.

He pivoted to action he didn’t want to do when the need arised. He managed to solve major red tape issues preventing the federal govt from moving quickly.

And in retrospect, there is not another country that has reacted better than we have.

He has been fantastic throughout this even. I now hope he leads us away from the social distancing at the fastest rate we possibly can safely. He seems to be doing just that.