I'll argue with this. He didn't close borders early and he didn't close them well. Here's a general link about it: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/03/the-facts-o

I'll argue with this. He didn't close borders early and he didn't close them well. Here's a general link about it: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/03/the-facts-on-trumps-travel-restrictions/ https://www.factcheck.org/2020/03/the-facts-on-trumps-travel... Specifically as to the timing of travel restrictions, the U.S. was more or less in line with other countries at the time. A wide swath of countries started banning entry to foreign nationals from China around the end of January, beginning of February. In the U.S. travel was banned to foreign nationals from China on Feb. 2nd, around the middle-low end of the pack (although not by much, just a day or two). This was less restrictive than some other countries (which banned flights altogether), but generally in line with other countries. However, the U.S. has consistently been behind the ball when it comes to quarantining U.S. nationals from China. Long after the official announcement people were getting off the plane and not even being asked let alone compelled to at least self-quarantine in their own homes for days if not the full two weeks. Testing has been infuriatingly slow to roll out and there has been a noticeable lack of coordination between states and the federal government about how to institute protective measures. The 1.5 million tests promised by Pence has failed to materialize as of yet. The CDC stopped counting case numbers (at least publicly) and now the best available case count is one maintained by a private institution (Johns Hopkins University). More generally, Trump has consistently downplayed the threat of the virus through February in a way that medical experts repeatedly complained was far too incautious for the situation and is now doing an abrupt about-face and claiming that he has never downplayed the risk at all and in fact was more cautious than even experts.