it was not up to Trump....
THAT IS THE FUCKING POINT!
It was up to the CDC and his task force he bragged about setting up but then undermined and gave no authority.
That is the problem you guys miss...this was a medical/health decision and Trump should have stepped aside and let Fauci, Birx, CDC, HHS etc... handle the decision.
If it was shut down becuase THEY said so, everyone would have followed and praised the right people. Trumpp hates when others take or get credit which is why he shut down the task force briefings and FAUCI.
Leadership was to put together the right people and LISTEN THE FUCK TO THEM not stand up like an assclown and talk about bleach and UV lights and say stupid shit like it will all go away and cases are dropping
New York Times: “Mr. Trump called Mr. Woodward at night when aides presumably were not around. He gave Mr. Woodward a phone number so that the author could call in and leave a message to have him call back without going through the elaborate bureaucracy that a presidential interview involves in a normal White House. Altogether, they talked 17 times before the book was finished and then an 18th time after the draft was done but before it went to press.”
“Mr. Trump called once more on Aug. 14, for a 19th conversation, hoping to persuade Mr. Woodward to include the recently brokered diplomatic breakthrough with Israel and the United Arab Emirates, but it was too late to update the book by that point.”
“To Mr. Trump, Mr. Woodward is an exemplar of the Washington establishment the president believes has never respected him. He seemed excited to be talking with him. At one point, according to the book, when Melania Trump walked in, the president boasted, ‘Honey, I’m talking to Bob Woodward.’”
In the times of a national crisis, America turns to the President. Its been that way since the git-go. And try not to color me with the "you guys".... I think for myself Ocho.
The President relies on his advisors and conveys the message..
when the leader contradicts the advisors repeatedly and makes up ridiculous shit then they are not being a leader at all. In a war people look to the President but you dont think he is relying on all his military advisors to make decisions and would never show disagreement with those who know better.
So America turns to the President and the President turns to his advisors to develop a comprehensive strategy. Trump ignore everything his advisors told him, handcuffed his advisors from speaking and cmae up with his own crazy shit.
That is not leadership.