It's not just the lack of leadership but a total lack of planning for a pandemic and worse not realizing the importance. When, Trump tried to slash the CDC budget and in 2018 when he fired the Pandemic Response Team, he sent the nation a really clear message that he had no interest whatsoever in planning or stockpiling resources for an epidemic that could destroy hundreds of thousands of lives as well the economy. If you happen to have miss this, you certain could not miss his downplaying Covid 19 as being just the common flu and a democrat hoax. Sadly, his lack of actions in the those early crucial months, has cost many lives and destroyed the economy. No wonder he's trying to blame the Chinese, the World Health Organization, the CDC, the Democrats, our hospitals, and even Obama.As U.S. tops global tally of coronavirus cases, Trump is at odds with reality We have now surpassed China for Coronavirus cases and our population is lower. Go figure. Just proves how well their leadership has tackled this virus with their mandatory quarantines and preparedness. The lack of interest in this pandemic by Trump has taken its toll with loss of life, coupled with all the lies that lead the people in the wrong direction with their preparedness. He told his base it was a hoax for Gods sake, and they said it doesn't exist. Add that with the failure to not declare the defense production act, 9/11 and Pearl Harbor are going to look like a scratch in comparison, if Trump doesn't act, or gets the hell out of the way. Having bidding wars with companies to make masks is insane for example. They are bidding over making money, while people die. To hell with that failure. The defense production act has to happen yesterday. Trump with this ultimate failure of his, has done enough damage already. Can you believe it, he wants everybody to get together to go find the easter bunny, a few Sundays from now because it will be beautiful. In the mean time, people are dropping like flies, because we either are in short supply, or have no masks, gloves, or ventilators. But ha, let's all walk out of church together on easter Sunday and have an easter egg hunt. What a sick, selfish. monster he is.
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