You make a very good point. So where was our Nations leadership during the early phase? Out golfing and telling the American people everything is under control while the trump flu went viral across the country. Maybe the trump flu was not his fault but trumps handling of this disaster is on him.
I got no problem calling out bad decisions. I could pull out the facts about the China Town festivals of the democrats, or the decision of democratic leaders to shuffle actively infected people off to elder care facilities. And I know Trump would, and has, pointed out that he shut down travel from China, then Europe.
But let's be real, if Trump's administration had come up with a comprehensive plan, would the Democrat states have followed it? The difference between pro-big government liberals, and anti-big government conservatives is that big government types actually believe the President should dictate from the oval office, if it's their president. They criticize everything the President does if it's not their president, even if Orange Man changes his mind and does something they agree with, he's still a failure. Anti-big government types believe each state should have their own emergency plans and systems in place. The Federal Government should only step in where and when needed, so they see this as a failure at the state level.
Lack of stockpiled medical equipment, lack of testing, inadequate tracing... all red herrings. I believe we could have potentially minimized the death toll further if we had focused our resources as I explained in a previous post. Instead, almost all states blew their resources chasing their tails in an attempt to leverage excessive government overreach into the lives of the citizenry. Aside from that, I am unconvinced that any plan would have done much to change the outcome. The virus spread regardless of, and possibly because of, the lock downs, or mask use.
