You're looking through tRump colored glasses. He's been anything but quick and decisive.Here's what I m seeing. Trump's handling of the virus crisis has been quick and decisive. His political-outsider status has positioned him well to tackle the plague head on. He is leading the world in how to stop the pathogen in its tracks. It isn't just the US that is watching Trump, it is the world and he has taken charge in a way that make his detractors look like deranged, salivating schizophrenics on street corners.
As always, Trump has accepted the challenge at hand by pulling the sword from the stone. No one else could have done this. Lesser leadership would have already retreated into excuses and failed outright. There are no world-renowned health experts leaking criticisms of Trump but instead they are supportive of his policies.
2020 belongs to Trump.
What about these people? Are they looking through Trump colored glasses as well?
“His team is on it,” New York Governor Andrew Cuomo declared during a recent press briefing. “They have been responsive late at night, early in the morning. And thus far, they have been doing everything that they can do, and I want to say thank you, and I want to say that I appreciate it.”
California Gov. Gavin Newsom — normally one of the President’s most reliably vociferous critics — recently extolled the administration’s handling of the outbreak on the Grand Princess cruise ship, which had been stuck at sea for days as officials devised a plan for transferring the ship’s 3,500 passengers into immediate quarantine.
“He said, 'We're going to do the right thing, and you have my support,'” Newsom recalled after the passengers had safely disembarked from the Grand Princess. “He said everything that I could have hoped for ... And every single thing he said, they followed through on.”
The President received another vote of confidence from an equally unexpected source just a few days after Newsom’s adulatory remarks. This time, the praise came from New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who normally has nothing but contempt for Donald Trump.
“I disagree with President Trump on many things, but I actually think the travel ban piece of his strategy is in many ways warranted,” the mayor said Thursday in response to the President’s decision to temporarily ban all travel from Europe.
While de Blasio acknowledged that the travel restrictions would have unpleasant economic consequences, he insisted that such a step was “necessary” to prevent a far worse situation from developing.
Even CNN commentator Dana Bash — who rarely misses an opportunity to attack the President —conceded that he’s “the kind of leader that people need” at a time like this after hearing Donald Trump outline his comprehensive strategy for fighting the coronavirus and helping Americans weather the financial consequences of the pandemic.
Democrats are Right to Back Trump's Coronavirus Response
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Again, whatever you need to tell yourself to make it better. The right wing media has been in an absolute frenzy of spin trying prop Trump and his response to the virus up. They know he's in big trouble right now. And nice job offering no context of Dana Bash's comments there. Honestly, what do you think governors of states are going to say when their ability to respond to the virus is dependent on how the federal government enables them to respond? Their interest is in helping the people of their states. Trump's interest is in campaigning and getting re-elected...something he could have gone a long way to making happen if he responds to the virus with more action starting on January 22nd. And I'm conceding that the virus was already here and there's really not a whole lot that Trump or any other politician could have done to prevent the spread. Given our ease of travel in this world, that would have been tough to guarantee.