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Former pandemic team leader details the damage Trump did by kneecapping our response capability
Today, during Donald Trump’s coronavirus press conference/Walmart plug, PBS’ Yamiche Alcindor asked the pr*sident about his administration’s decision to disband the National Security Council’s office on pandemics
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“That’s a nasty question.” And Alcindor is presumably another one of those “nasty” women.
But what’s really nasty is expectorating lung tissue onto the last pallet of Costco toilet paper in the Pacific Northwest in order to claim it for your personal fiefdom — simply because someone decided to save a few pennies by making government as useless as possible.
And, finally, Donald Trump is being called out for this supremely boneheaded move.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/3/13/1927301/-Former-pandemic-team-leader-points-out-the-damage-Trump-did-by-kneecapping-our-response-capability?detail=emaildkre