this is the price the US is paying for the Trump presidency
and no, Trump is not to blame for the virus. But he is to blame for dismantling response teams, for lying about early cases, for appointing incompetent people, for bungled messaging, all of which led to the need for this massive lockdown.
Nor is this a partisan observation: Any US president of the previous 40 years, Democrat or Republican, would have done better
South Korea found out about the virus at the same time the US did, yet has not had to lock down its entire economy
