This isnāt wrong, but is just such an understatement. He did pretty much the opposite of what he shouldāve in every way. He handled it poorly on purpose in an attempt to hurt Democrats, and politicized it at every point to try and rile up his base. He turned what shouldāve been a unifying crisis in this country into a chasm wide political divide we wonāt be healing from any time soon. The only thing he arguably did right was to push getting vaccines out as soon as possible, which he obviously only did for his own ego.
He handled it poorly on purpose in an attempt to hurt Democrats, and politicized it at every point to try and rile up his base.
Exactly this. He saw that COVID was hitting New York hard and decided to not do anything because New York didnāt vote for him. As it hit blue states (which were more urban) hard and didnāt hit rural red states as badly, he refused to use federal funds to buy needed PPE. Blue states bought their own PPE with their own money and Trump had it confiscated to be redistributed to red states. It got so bad that some states had to sneak PPE in during the middle of the night as if they were smuggling in drugs.
Trump tried to hurt blue states for not voting for him. He was willing to let people die because they didnāt support him politically.
Given everything else he did and how presidents are given so much leeway with their actions, I doubt heāll ever be found criminally liable, but he absolutely is responsible for many, many deaths.
His administration funded development. As for distribution, they did jack all. Bidenās people came in, asked what the logistics plan was and there was none. One had to be put together at the last minute.
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This isnāt wrong, but is just such an understatement. He did pretty much the opposite of what he shouldāve in every way. He handled it poorly on purpose in an attempt to hurt Democrats, and politicized it at every point to try and rile up his base. He turned what shouldāve been a unifying crisis in this country into a chasm wide political divide we wonāt be healing from any time soon. The only thing he arguably did right was to push getting vaccines out as soon as possible, which he obviously only did for his own ego.
Exactly this. He saw that COVID was hitting New York hard and decided to not do anything because New York didnāt vote for him. As it hit blue states (which were more urban) hard and didnāt hit rural red states as badly, he refused to use federal funds to buy needed PPE. Blue states bought their own PPE with their own money and Trump had it confiscated to be redistributed to red states. It got so bad that some states had to sneak PPE in during the middle of the night as if they were smuggling in drugs.
Trump tried to hurt blue states for not voting for him. He was willing to let people die because they didnāt support him politically.
Given everything else he did and how presidents are given so much leeway with their actions, I doubt heāll ever be found criminally liable, but he absolutely is responsible for many, many deaths.
His administration funded development. As for distribution, they did jack all. Bidenās people came in, asked what the logistics plan was and there was none. One had to be put together at the last minute.
He certainly made it worse but letās stop pretending this country wasnāt completely fucked before he showed up.
This country has been ran by thugs for at least a century. We are just seeing the latest version of the shit storm, which only gets worse over time.