The US used to have a Global Security Team, whose Chief job was to recognize and deal with world health situations, like pandemics. Dotard shut it down.
When it comes to responding to the coronavirus outbreak, one of Donald Trump's most important missteps came before anyone had even heard of COVID-19. As we discussed on Monday, the president's first error came back in 2018.
It was two years ago when Trump ordered the shutdown of the White House National Security Council's entire global health security unit.
Remember, Trump has struggled to explain why, exactly, he disbanded the global health security unit. As we talked about the other day, the president originally argued, "I'm a businessperson. I don't like having thousands of people around when you don't need them. When we need them, we can get them back very quickly."
Remember, Trump has struggled to explain why, exactly, he disbanded the global health security unit. As we talked about the other day, the president originally argued, "I'm a businessperson. I don't like having thousands of people around when you don't need them. When we need them, we can get them back very quickly."
As it turns out, the administration cannot actually reassemble such a team "very quickly”, and it remains to be seen how many lives will be lost, because the agency set up to deal with exactly the situation we now have, was arbitrarily disbanded.
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