07-05-2020, 11:00 AM
(07-05-2020, 10:46 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: Reports came out a while ago that said Trump had been warned of the potential for this well before it happened, but instead of heeding those warnings and helping China out, he cut our resources in China, including the one person embedded in their public health system that we had whose job it was to give us early warnings about something like this.
He absolutely can shoulder some blame for it making its way here and can be criticized for actions before the spread. Sure, his attitude towards the preventative measures recommended by the CDC have emboldened people to ignore them enough that we have zero chance of reaching herd immunity in this country, and we should criticize him for that, but we can't forget that in his effort to do whatever it was he was trying to do, he greatly diminished our capabilities to respond to this pandemic and he made policy decisions that helped this outbreak become the global pandemic is became.
But other than ignoring the warning, actively cutting areas and people that could have helped, denying the problem, arguing that doctors aren't right, refusing to lead by example and maintaining up until today that the virus will just disappear like a miracle...other than THAT don't you think people criticize TRUMP just because they don't like him and don't want him in office?
Your anger and ego will always reveal your true self.