Your post is difficult to accept,in large part for a reason most Americans fail to understand: The federal government has limited authority to do anything in the event of a disaster. For example, FEMA is purely a backup to local and state authorities. FEMA’s own manuals state that “local government maintains control of all assets used in the response”, “regardless of the source of those assets.” Even when FEMA is involved, states themselves control their own response.
(that’s part of why, for example, it was so ludicrous to blame George Bush during Hurricane Katrina - that was a state failure, not a federal failure).
Want proof? Trump has no authority to order a national stay at home lockdown.
All lockdown orders came from governors. Don’t like that? That’s federalism! Your remedy is “change the Constitution.”
As to Birx & Fauci, neither is a bona fide expert on anything - particularly Fauci, who has essentially admitted he lied to the American people when he said masks should not be worn…
…and for that matter, you can’t fault Trump for believing Fauci as to masks, when everyone else did.
He also criticized Obama’s depletion of the PPE stockpile, China for letting the virus loose, the W.H.O. and CDC, and L-rd knows who else, rather than shouldering the responsibility himself.
–But Obama did in fact do that.
He continuously touted a malaria drug that most researchers found ineffective and unsafe.
–Funny, studies out of Europe seems to show it is effective.
Things like tweets as to what went on in Michigan? Oh Please - what Governor Whitmer did in Michigan was itself a travesty, and Trump’s response can hardly be termed a “failure.”
Something else to consider: This was truly an unprecedented event. I find your post to be a lot of monday morning quarterbacking, rather looking to cast blame unnecessarily.
