If you're criticizing Trump's Coronavirus response as ineffective, you're doing it wrong.
The problem is - for all practical purposes - there has been NO RESPONSE.
The Administration has effectively declared surrender.
And 200,000 might die because of this.
At the very least, Trump could incentivize non-compliant or complacent states to enact emergency measures.
But he does nothing, except provide weak, intermittent guidance.
Trump has this power, but he chooses not to use it. His minimalist actions have barely made a dent.
And day after day, the shortages continue, and Trump does nothing.
Trump could solve this by federalizing the supply chain, but he does nothing.
Trump has no legislative agenda. He asks for no new authorities or new funding. In fact, his negotiators mostly argue for less money.
But this takes a massive public health infrastructure that doesn't exist now. Trump has no plan, and no interest, in building it.
Only a national plan will work.
And the problem isn't that Trump's doing the wrong things.
The problem is he's effectively doing nothing.