The US government, that works for the people of America, could have slowed this.
I could have slowed this impact on America but I expected the government to do so.
Why? Because I was in Taiwan and Asia for the last six months watching everything unfold and countries recovering and responding. I expected the American government would obviously manage it well.
Government shit show (let by Trump), late to the epidemic, still ignoring medical expert opinions and advice, fighting with those that need help like New York.
And problem is Trump is just going to blame China for everything, and the whole country will agree with him, or at least a majority will. Then Trump will say they should attack China in a preemptive strikeâŚ
The New York Governor asks for 30-40 thousand respirators, but the Federal Government says âwe donât think you need that manyâ instead of saying âOK, we will help you get more than you needâ to be sure.
This is one problem with America, too much reliance on the Federal government since they essentially took over everything. Especially things that are not mentioned in the Constitution but are Federal. The Constitution says anything not in the Constitution is a state matter.
America is not the only Federal republic in the world, and other Federal republics (like Germany) respects state right far more.
Yes itâs a shortages of ventilators and PPEs. The GOP line is âcompelling manufacturers to produce ventilators is socialist and will make the US into Venezuelaâ. No acknowledgement of the fact that these ainât ordinary times and âbeing socialistâ for a few months because we thought it was good to export manufacturing. (remember, pre Trump, focusing on âmade in the USAâ was a very left wing thing to do. I know because my right-wing friends always mocked me for being a sustainability nut and would ask if I needed to go home and have a ritual cleansing if I got dragged into Walmart with them.) Even though this is what we need to save thousands of lives. But no, Venezuela has state-owned businesses, therefore the US canât, regardless of the USâs past behavior in WWII and the Cold War.
Mind you, one ventilator costs USD20-40,000, so youâre looking at the Fed footing the bill for a few thousand decently nice cars for hospitals (in costs) and then not using them again for unknown amount of time after this pandemic ends. Man, I guess the value of one life is under 20,000USD in their eyes.
I think mr Trump is very nice man. You shouldnât blame him. Itâs Chinaâs fault and itâs Obamaâs fault and itâs the mediaâs fault. Itâs not his fault. His response has been very good all along. He just wasnât given the information in time. But itâll be ok. The virus will just magically go away. This is a great country with great people.
ââWe have contained this. I wonât say [itâs] airtight, but itâs pretty close to airtight,â said Larry Kudlow, director of the National Economic Council.â
That Trump acted swiftly and decisively is the narrative being put forward. And itâs one that is being accepted by half of the US population. I mean we can all easily see through the lies coming out of China of Xiâs great leadership, how the coronavirus origanted elsewhere, etc., but many refuse to see through Trumpâs lies. They simply refuse. And itâs painful to witness.
âWhen the lies were no longer tenable, President Trump pivoted. Two days after claiming that the disease was under control, Trump declared himself a âwartime presidentâ and offered that âIâve always known this is a real â this is a pandemic. I felt it was a pandemic long before it was called a pandemic.â Trump began to appear daily at press conferences with public-health authorities â a setting he controls, in which every participant must begin with fulsome praise of himself. He pivoted on China too, dropping the unctuous praise in favor of provocative blame.â
I also canât see the difference between their massive trillion dollar wealth redistribution project that is playing out like a great experiment across the US. Remember all those subsidies to pay for the trade war w China cost 3 billion.
But they wonât pay for ventilators for masks for NYC hospitals.
The US economy is in shambles, badly mismanaged. Record numbers of Americans on the welfare rolls. And once again the GOP will kill everyone in the country before doing the right thing once as long as they get their tax breaks.
America, Big , Bigly. China Virus. Small. Teeny, Weeny . Bad . Very Bad.
Those guys. Bad. You Bad. Bad bad man.
Media . Bad.
Me. Great. The Greatest.
Never been Greater.
God Bless America.