Yup. President Trump fucked up big time agreeing to lock the country down. In his defense, he was led to believe that millions were going to die. He should’ve done what Obama/Biden did, basically nothing.
Originally Posted by Jacuzzme
Trump had nothing to do with locking down the country if we are talking about closing businesses. That was all done by Governors. This seems to be one of the many things most Americans keep getting wrong for mostly political reasons. Some just innocently don't understand the mechanics and legalities of what happened.
Remember when Trump boasted that he had complete authority to run the country and Cuomo and all the other Governors said "Ah, no you don't Mr. President". A President can not tell a Governor to close all indoor dining. He can not as Biden keeps insisting he will do, institute a federal mask wearing mandate. No President can do that. It would take local police in every county in America to enforce that and that isn't going to happen. I put that right up there with "Mexico will pay for the wall", as dumb things politicians say. You can't do it Joe any more than you can lock down the country if the scientist tell you to. That is in the hands of each and every Governor. It's called "Federalism" Joe.
It is becoming more and more clear that closing all those businesses in every state even the ones that had no serious outbreak, as the British scientist says now, was a monumental mistake of global proportions.
While there are a couple of things Trump might have done better with more foresight that neither Obama or Biden had when H1N1 hit, much of what happened was out of his control like the CDC fucking up the first round of test kits. Trump had no control over that. The worst thing that could be said about Trump IMHO, were some of the comments he made but saying Covid might disappear in the spring didn't slow down what was already being done. Nobody stopped what they were doing because of it. His asking if bleach might be considered by the scientist was another dumb thing to say but he didn't, as much of the media reported and a few of the people on this board have repeated, recommend it and no doctor used it. One asshole though he read that an ingredient in his fish tank cleaner would help him but you can't protect idiots.
There are absolutely many things he has said to find fault with but I don't see a single thing he said that set back the continuing effort to find ways to better handle the virus. While the media may have been paying attention to what Trump was saying and some of his haters, I see no proof that scientist, doctors and nurses were listening to a single thing he was saying. They kept right on doing their job.
Now, if you would like to talk about what some Governors did in New York and New Jersey that were directly responsible for the death of thousands of the elderly, we could do that but surprisingly enough, the media isn't interested in talking about that.