First of all, he said the same thing to Jim Accosta in March during a live press conference. I believe we even talked about it here with the same kind of responses. As Craig points out, you guys really have short memories, or are clutching at straws.
Second do you also blame Pelosi and Harris for downplaying it?
The reason Woodward did not go to the press with this in February is because he did not know if Trump was giving him credible information or talking out of his ass, a not uncommon occurrence. It was not until May that he learned this came from a security briefing that every high ranking member of congress also received, including Pelosi and Harris. Biden is the only one who can claim plausible deniability.
Then, shortly after receiving this briefing, Pelosi was out in China Town telling people to go out and enjoy themselves.
The Dems, in congress at least, are just as culpable as Trump.
Last though, no country handled this well, and there are plenty of countries who did a lot worse then us. So this idea that Trump is an unique bad guy is laughable. This was going to burn through the population, and all data is showing lock downs did nothing to prevent it. With the exception of the nursing home death, which Cuomo is more to blame than anyone else, none of these deaths were preventable.
"Death laughs at us all, all a man can do is laugh back."
1. Trump is President, nobody else. How about giving him the responsibilities associated to his functions? Is the constant avoidance of responsibility something you exercise in your own life also? If ever a client weren’t happy about the task you accepted, do you always blame it on somebody else? Is that the Republican way of going around things?
2. Thanks for providing additional evidence of his wrong doings
3. Very few countries have fared worse than the US, none among highly developed nations, by a huge margin. Compare the economic impacts in China, Japan, Germany and Korea (to cite the closest economic competitors), their economy was affected much less thanks to better leadership and crisis mgt. Plus the death toll of course. Germany, a super dense country in the heart of Europe, has 6 times less deaths per inhabitant, Japan even denser and right next to China has 35 times less death, China themselves has 200 times less deaths,...
I would have expected 10 or 20% differences. The incredible ratio seen here are unheard of.
Just look at facts for a change.
4. The only economîc indicator that isn’t a total disaster in the US, again not due to the virus but due to the way Trump handled it, is the stock market. Why? Not at all because the economy is going well (which used to be correlated). Only because huge amount of public debt was used to artificially inject money, not for the sake of the citizens, but for the sake of rich stock owners. So middle class americans get the double cheese treatment: they loose jobs first and then also get to reimburse the debt indirectly, which will mean worst public schools for their kids,...
The real economic outcome of Trump’s term is the worse of any President since WWII. He is not even close to Obama eventough he started with the great economic situation Democrats gifted him as he entered office.
Cheers,
Bernard
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