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> Trump's only concern about Covid was This is fake news. Trump was one of the first Western leaders that reacted to COVID, closing the borders to China back i
by tomp 6y ago
> Trump's only concern about Covid was
This is fake news. Trump was one of the first Western leaders that reacted to COVID, closing the borders to China back in February. He was relentlessly mocked as a result, accused of being racist.
Edit: looks like some people disagree with facts.
https://www.factcheck.org/2020/04/trumps-snowballing-china-travel-claim/ https://www.factcheck.org/2020/04/trumps-snowballing-china-t...
> On Jan. 31, the Trump administration declared a public health emergency for the novel coronavirus and announced travel restrictions to and from China, effective Feb. 2.
- amykyta 6y agoYour own reference proves it’s anything but fake news. That link states right off the bat that banning travel was virtually useless. He’s on record with Bob Woodward talking about how he knew the virus is serious but he wanted to avoid ‘panic’. If Trump spent a fraction of the energy he’s devoting to without any proof undermining our voting he would have been re-elected free and clear.
- tomp 6y agoThe often-repeated claim was that he didn’t do anything, that he ignored or downplayed it. That isn’t true. Its true that the problem was virtually unsolvable regardless of policy for pretty much every Western country (except a few small / sparsely populated islands), the virus started spreading way before it was detected, but that’s hindsight.
- hn_throwaway_99 6y ago> or downplayed it. That isn’t true. Donald Trump is literally on tape with Bob Woodward saying he deliberately downplayed it.