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talkpoliticsBefore the buffoon was conned by Xi regarding the imminent pandemic into looking like an idiot stupidly blurting that he had it "under control!", that it would just "go away!", it was not just the most competent and knowledgeable medical experts he was ignoring. (Falling for the self-serving bs of foreign leaders instead of trusting Americans with expertise is a peculiar trait of Trumpery.)
Trump's enablers were also sounding the alarm. Even Tom "Picky" Cotton could recognize the reality, and tried desperately to get Trump to confront it:
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/30/how-coronavirus-shook-congress-complacency-155058
"Cotton, along with a handful of others, was the exception on Capitol Hill when there still might have been a chance to prevent the worst..."
Even though he laer did restrict China travel (over objections of Democrats and much of the media, I should note!), it was too little too late. At a time when the contagion was already sprading across borders, he was still holding mass rallies (helping SPREAD the virus and doing his best to downplay it).
Trump's response has been a comedy of errors and he continues to drop the ball.
Trump's enablers were also sounding the alarm. Even Tom "Picky" Cotton could recognize the reality, and tried desperately to get Trump to confront it:
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/30/how-coronavirus-shook-congress-complacency-155058
"Cotton, along with a handful of others, was the exception on Capitol Hill when there still might have been a chance to prevent the worst..."
Even though he laer did restrict China travel (over objections of Democrats and much of the media, I should note!), it was too little too late. At a time when the contagion was already sprading across borders, he was still holding mass rallies (helping SPREAD the virus and doing his best to downplay it).
Trump's response has been a comedy of errors and he continues to drop the ball.
