> to me it seems like the only person who had _any_ kind of plan for this at the end of January was Trump. Honestly, I think this might the dumbest thing I've

> to me it seems like the only person who had _any_ kind of plan for this at the end of January was Trump. Honestly, I think this might the dumbest thing I've heard anyone say about on this topic. There was a chorus of experts telling us exactly what we needed to do in order to prepare for this. And we already had a model to follow in China. The US and South Korea confirmed their first cases at the same time -- January 20. South Korea's government did what the experts told them to do, and they fairly quickly had their situation under control. Our president spent the next month and a half downplaying the disease and vilifying the media for reporting it, and making it clear that the most important thing to him is "his" stock market numbers. Yes he restricted travel to China, good job. Yes some pundits and politicians criticized him. Welcome to being president. Obama could do almost literally nothing without being called a "communist muslim". Trump told us he was "tough" -- a strong decisive leader who would make bold decisions whenever needed. His complacence, dishonesty, incompetence, and constant ass-covering in this crisis should show you who he really is.