Why was the response of the Trump Regime to COVID-19 so feeble?

We have not had a president bring the nation and rally businesses into production this fast in history and certainly not on this scale since ww2

 

This is the first I've heard this mentioned. What would President Bumpo have done to American citizens in China (or elsewhere overseas)? Forbade them from returning to their homeland?

 

You meant Cuomo's response, right?

 

course Biden is running against the ***** grabber in chief

 

Trump did not ban Americans from traveling to or from China, they were free to come and go as they pleased

 

Cuomo seems like the most Presidential at this point, and he is not running

and then we have Trump

 

Yes, I understand. The NYT described it this way:

@Natty Bumpo called this "his failure to prevent any American who may have acquired the virus from returning". My question to Natty is: what would he have done instead if he were the president? Prevented them from returning?

Personally I don't think the President has the authority to "prevent" them from returning, and I see Natty's calling it a "failure" as idiotic, on par with saying "he failed to violate the Constitution", but his mileage obviously varies.

 

It was feeble because a minority portion of the country elected a feeble minded man to the highest office in the nation.

Trump does not have the capacity to manage his own businesses. Hence why he has so many bankruptcies. Let alone manage a world wide crisis. The man is an idiot, and dangerously narcissistic.

 

trump called it a travel ban to china, said he shut it down, think that is what caused the confusion, as Americans could still travel there

 

Maybe it had something to do with this.

Cuomo's response has basically been to beg Trump for help.

Is that a trait you look for in a leader? Good begging and pleading skills?

 

Trump really dropped the ball on the early response. We should have shut down borders and airports immediately. We should have also done a lot of testing of people who might be infected. Additionally we should have started stocking up on medical supplies.

However, quaratine is far worse. Countless numbers of businesses are going to go bankrupt and millions are going to lose their jobs and lose the ability to pay their bills. If this drags off and on for a year, this is going to cause a global depression. Quarantine is like fixing a bug infestation by burning down the house. What is the point of avoiding the .5% chance of dying if you lost your job and your home? Also, the government is going to be drowning in debt after this is over, and we are going to be in big fiscal trouble.

 

He forgot to mention of S. Korea did what Trump did they wouldn't have that giant problem.

 

Then why don't you please provide a list of reliable sources that you would approve of, if any.

 

We did, just two weeks after the WHO was telling us nothing to worry about, their Chinese masters said it wasn't contagious, and done over the objections of Democrats.

We didn't have the testing equipment, which Dr. Fauci said wasn't Trump's fault. You go to war with the army you have.

 

I'm sorry...but that makes zero ****ing sense.

Trump objectively did what he did and the US objectively has a much, much bigger ****ing problem than South Korea.

 

I have no need to contrive fanciful speculations concerning your fanciful presidents as a desperate diversion.

Trump's leadership has resulted in the U.S. now being the epicenter of the global pandemic, and I acknowledge that reality.

 

Yes but later on the world knew this was a problem, and Trump still failed to take early measures. As testing is concerned, we should have done a lot more to get that equipment if it is missing.

 

Ahh yes, more evasion: "Trump failed, but I don't know how I'd have done it differently". Good work there, ace.

 

South Korea's quick, capable response and the results of that leadership contrasts starkly with what has now made the U.S. the epicenter of the pandemic. Facts are facts, and your not liking them does not alter them.

 

We all know how your heartthrob could have succeeded. If he did not lie about, dismiss, and minimize the threat, the U.S. would not now be the epicenter of the pandemic he has made it. The record of his statements is undeniable.

 

Yeah, I just saw this ad this morning on TV and I thought, YES! Finally!

 

I, like most Americans, generally approve of how President Trump has handled the Wuhan virus. But I'm curious, if you consider being "the epicenter of the pandemic" as a mark of failure, do you consider NY Gov Cuomo to be a failure, given the situation in New York?

 

But according to Dr. Fauci, it bought us a lot of time. It is acknowledged in S. Korea not closing China travel as Trump did was a big mistake, there was actually an impeachment movement there because of that failure.

 

You man Plugs minimized it more, he didn't want the China travel ban, calling it xenophobic. The WaPo called it an overreaction. Just a few weeks ago NYC officials were still encouraging people to go out in public.

 

I don't need to contrive diversions. I just accurately quote Trump's documented multiple public statements dismissing, minimizing, and misrepresenting the pandemic.

This is just one irrefutable example that Trump and his lickspittles are desperate to suppress:

"Anybody who wants a test gets a test!"
after Pence had just said the US can’t meet coronavirus testing demand
MARCH 5, 2020
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/06/tru...ets-a-test-amid-shortage-for-coronavirus.html
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