Originally posted by: Phil
What would you have done differently Then Trump to avert this crisis? BTW, the original post was pretty funny
Any responsible leader would have addressed the crisis as soon as the danger became apparent. Trump wasted six weeks, which could have been used to make test kits, PPE, and ventilators. Instead, he fell back on his tired old strategy of racism, xenophobia, and travel bans.
Then, when the danger became obvious, he wasted two more weeks lying, fantasizing, downplaying the danger, and insulting people.
So what would I have done? Everything that's being done now, and more--but in January. We were warned. Trump ignored those warnings.
And why? He wanted to avoid hurting his reelection prospects. The deaths of a hundred thousand people are strictly a secondary consideration.