President Trump says “I think some people don’t want it [economy] really to come back, for political reasons, which is sick,” Trump continued, offering no evidence to support his claim. “But the people — the real people, the people that want this country to be great, and great again — we can say they want to get back.”*
OK, I confess. I'm one of those who would like to see unemployment increase on election day, but I never wished for anything like the coronavirus debacle. President Trump has poor instincts and he seemingly will take the wrong turn every time.
Things are in a terrible mess because of President Trump's moves in the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic. My worry is that it is all happening too soon and that all these lives being lost are wasted. But I can hope, I guess, that a crushed economy will be more visible and not better by election day.
Trump has no empathy and people dying do not bother him. That is why he could walk away from our Kurdish Allies and leave them to be slaughtered by the Turks. An increased death total from coronavirus will not bother him at all.
The politician most on top of the coronavirus matter has been Joe Biden who was worrying about coronavirus as far aback January 27, 2020.**
Trump’s demonstrated failures of judgment and his repeated rejection of science make him the worst possible person to lead our country through a global health challenge.
The outbreak of a new coronavirus, which has already infected more than 2,700 people and killed over 80 in China, will get worse before it gets better. Cases have been confirmed in a dozen countries, with at least five in the United States. There will likely be more.**
While President Trump played nice tunes in his tweets, not all Republicans agreed:
Peter Navarro, Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy, wrote in a memorandum addressed to President Trump:
"The lack of immune protection or an existing cure or vaccine would leave Americans defenseless in the case of a full-blown coronavirus outbreak on U.S. soil. This lack of protection elevates the risk of the coronavirus evolving into a full-blown pandemic, imperiling the lives of millions of Americans."***
Then there is California, America's most populous state, that closed down in mid-March!
California's 40 million residents should stay home indefinitely and venture outside only for essential jobs, errands and some exercise, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday, warning that the coronavirus threatens to overwhelm the state's medical system.****
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He said the state has taken over a 357-bed bankrupt hospital in the San Francisco Bay Area, soon will announce the purchase of a similarly sized hospital in Southern California and may use dormitories at the state's public colleges and universities.****
In a separate address published March 17, Gavin Newsome said: "Asking our restaurants to close down for the moment, provide takeout if they wish, and operate in that frame. That will focus our alignment across the state of California, and we believe it’s necessary."****
Because of these actions, the number of deaths from COVAD-19 in California puts them in 5th place in the U.S. in spite of its being the most populous state.
CONCLUSIONS: So we will give an A+'s to a Democratic Presidential candidate(Joe Biden) in January, an A to Governor of America's most populous state (Gavin Newsome) in mid-March, and.an A- to the Republican Director of the Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy (Peter Navarro) in early April.
Though late to the party of recognizing there is a problem, President Trump eventually did do some things so I give him a D.
* https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/08/trump-says-democrats-dont-want-economy-to-recover-244812
** Joe Biden, "Trump Is Worst Possible Leader to Deal with Coronavirus Outbreak," usatoday.com, Jan. 27, 2020
*** Maggie Haberman, "Trade Adviser Warned White House in January of Risks of a Pandemic," nytimes.com, Apr. 6, 2020
****https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/governor-projects-56-of-californians-may-be-infected-with-coronavirus-in-next-8-weeks/2289281/
https://la.eater.com/2020/3/17/21183590/california-governor-gavin-newsom-shut-down-covid-19-coronavirus-statewide-dine-in-restaurants
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