Those apologising for Trump and saying he's not to blame are missing the fundamental point.
If this was a virus that had jumped-species in the USA and doctors had suddenly noticed an inexplicable surge in cases of something that looked a lot like flu but tested negative for influenza, then the country being totally blind-sided would be understandable.
But the fact is that the USA has been one of the last of the world's developed countries to be seriously hit.
The USA has a global intelligence network and loads of experts who monitor emerging threats of all sorts. The Chinese lied and minimised at the start (as they always do), but there must have been alarm bells ringing somewhere in the CDC or the CIA or whatever other organisation is charged with monitoring such things very early in January. In fact, it's known that Trump was being briefed in January about the risks, but the man is too egotistical to listen to people who know more about any topic than him, and he decided in his usual way to go with his gut feelings. So we all heard him blathering on about how it wasn't a problem, everything was under control, it was just the flu and everyone should continue as normal.
The fact that it's more serious than that does seem to have finally penetrated the curdled mush that passes for his brain, but it's way too late now to take proactive steps to prepare for the deluge.
That's directly down to Trump and the toxic atmosphere of his administration. Everyone in a position of any power has been chosen to be a yes-man, and everyone's main focus is on pandering to the asshole's prejudices and delusions, rather than trying to make the ignorant, narcissistic idiot understand and acknowledge reality.
USA now leading in rate of covid infections
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Those apologising for Trump and saying he's not to blame are missing the fundamental point.
If this was a virus that had jumped-species in the USA and doctors had suddenly noticed an inexplicable surge in cases of something that looked a lot like flu but tested negative for influenza, then the country being totally blind-sided would be understandable.
But the fact is that the USA has been one of the last of the world's developed countries to be seriously hit.
The USA has a global intelligence network and loads of experts who monitor emerging threats of all sorts. The Chinese lied and minimised at the start (as they always do), but there must have been alarm bells ringing somewhere in the CDC or the CIA or whatever other organisation is charged with monitoring such things very early in January. In fact, it's known that Trump was being briefed in January about the risks, but the man is too egotistical to listen to people who know more about any topic than him, and he decided in his usual way to go with his gut feelings. So we all heard him blathering on about how it wasn't a problem, everything was under control, it was just the flu and everyone should continue as normal.
The fact that it's more serious than that does seem to have finally penetrated the curdled mush that passes for his brain, but it's way too late now to take proactive steps to prepare for the deluge.
That's directly down to Trump and the toxic atmosphere of his administration. Everyone in a position of any power has been chosen to be a yes-man, and everyone's main focus is on pandering to the asshole's prejudices and delusions, rather than trying to make the ignorant, narcissistic idiot understand and acknowledge reality.