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The Trump administration was/is in a no win situation. The democrats are intent on getting Trump out of office one way or another. Had he tried more on the na
by meragrin_ 6y ago
The Trump administration was/is in a no win situation. The democrats are intent on getting Trump out of office one way or another. Had he tried more on the national level, they would have fought him tooth and nail until the data indicated they had no choice and we would still be in this situation. When Trump issued the travel ban, the narrative was Trump was using the virus to invoke fear and distract from his impeachment. Well, it looks like they were wrong.
- AnimalMuppet 6y agoIn fact, when Trump said he was going to take steps nationally, people screamed (correctly) that that was not authority given to the national government, and that Trump was trying to rule as an autocrat. The result was that we got 50 different responses, not coordinated with each other. And to some degree that was appropriate - New York City needs a very different response than Loving County, Texas. That would be better handled at a state level than a national one. The problem is that the state responses were too political and not enough medical. That might lead you back to thinking of a national response. But a national response would likely also be political rather than medical (for which Trump does deserve the blame). Even more, it would be perceived as political rather than medical (for which Trump also deserves some blame).