It seems like this thread has evolved from (1) the president was partisan in his statements about HCQ; (2) the president was political in his statements about H

It seems like this thread has evolved from (1) the president was partisan in his statements about HCQ; (2) the president was political in his statements about HCQ; to (3) he jumped the gun on messaging. Let's not let the media tear us apart. Not everything is Trump's fault. Not everything is America's fault. And sometimes people who are not Trump or countries that are not America make bad decisions that cost lives. Let's acknowledge these basic facts and work together. California and Texas seem to be making better choices than NY and Florida. America seems to be doing better than Italy and Spain but worse than Germany. It's not really a partisan thing and it's not really a national identity thing. It's an issue of who in what regions acted strongly enough, and when. America is a federal system, so we would expect variance between the states, and that's what we're seeing. Same as in Europe. The federal government plays an important role (like preventing test kits from being developed outside the CDC -- bad -- and early travel restrictions -- probably good), but not the only role, and it shows.