> Trump should have mandated actual national lockdown As the other commenter pointed out, the executive branch of government lacks authority to do so. Courts h

> Trump should have mandated actual national lockdown As the other commenter pointed out, the executive branch of government lacks authority to do so. Courts have decided over and over again (like with the eviction moratorium, worker vaccine mandate, etc.) that Congress needs to authorize this. So it is very much a failure of Congress to act. And since no action was taken, neither before nor after changing majorities in Congress, all parties failed.