To understand this, we need to look at the Donald Trump playbook, "The Art of the Con." Fortunately for you, dear readers, I have secured photos of every page in the book, and have compiled them below:
You might think this is a joke, but it isn't. Since taking office, The DOTUS has systematically cancelled, revoked, reversed and otherwise nullified almost everything accomplished by the Obama Administration in the areas of environment, education, public land conservation, public health, worker health and safety, food safety, drug safety and prices, housing, and more.
And now we have the coronavirus, COVID-19. It turns out that in February, 2018, the CDCP (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) announced that it was cutting back by 80% on a program established under Obama to prevent global disease outbreaks. The funding for the program was initially authorized during the Ebola crisis, and the Trump administration, in early 2018, appeared not to continue the program.
Also in 2018, the Trump administration axed the executive branch team responsible for coordinating a response to a pandemic, the health security team within the National Security Council, and did not replace it (Snopes).
If it has seemed that the federal government has been scrambling to deal with the coronavirus epidemic, it has been, because of the cuts made by Trump and his team in the White House.
So much for national security concerns by The DOTUS regarding epidemics/pandemics. The only epidemic Trump is concerned with is all those "killers and rapists" streaming north from Mexico. We don't need a pandemic response team, all we need is a big, beautiful WALL!!
Should I hope The DOTUS doesn't wash his hands and touches his face?
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