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(38,474 posts)underpants
(182,779 posts)Put yourself AT the scene of a crime.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)the leader of the Qanon Forces Speaks.
edhopper
(33,573 posts)"Over by Easter" Pence?
but we all know Easter was Woodwards fault
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)And to this day, President Trump has still turned his back on this "biggest national security threat." Are Pence, O'Brien, and the rest of the toadies in this administration incapable of getting Trump to focus on national security, or have they likewise checked out, leaving the American people on their own?
malaise
(268,949 posts)on January 27th.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/01/27/coronavirus-donald-trump-made-us-less-prepared-joe-biden-column/4581710002/
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Joe Biden: Trump is worst possible leader to deal with coronavirus outbreak
President has blithely tweeted that 'it will all work out well.' Yet the steps he has taken have only weakened our capacity to respond.
Joe BidenOpinion contributor
The possibility of a pandemic is a challenge Donald Trump is unqualified to handle as president. I remember how Trump sought to stoke fear and stigma during the 2014 Ebola epidemic. He called President Barack Obama a dope and incompetent and railed against the evidence-based response our administration put in place which quelled the crisis and saved hundreds of thousands of lives in favor of reactionary travel bans that would only have made things worse. He advocated abandoning exposed and infected American citizens rather than bringing them home for treatment.
Trumps demonstrated failures of judgment and his repeated rejection of science make him the worst possible person to lead our country through a global health challenge.
The outbreak of a new coronavirus, which has already infected more than 2,700 people and killed over 80 in China, will get worse before it gets better. Cases have been confirmed in a dozen countries, with at least five in the United States. There will likely be more.
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No doubt this is why Robert O'Brien "...told Trump that coronavirus would be the biggest national security threat to his presidency".