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Good catch. Trump's call with Xi was March 27. His last use of phrase "Chinese virus" was on March 26, first at that day's White House briefing whitehouse.gov/briefings-stat… then on the Hannity program that night. factba.se/transcript/don… After taking to Xi - Trump stopped it.
Xi must have administered some scolding to Trump on the 27th of March, because Trump promptly came meekly to heel.
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Trump's predecessors left him a public health capacity in China independent of WHO. Trump cut that presence by 2/3 and more. If Trump was blindsided by bad numbers from WHO - that was his own decision and own fault. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
Also important to note: Trump administration was blindsided by pandemic because in the most crucial period, late December-early January, its attention was fixed on drive to war vs Iran. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
The date Trump received unignorable information on the pandemic, January 3, was also date of assassination of Gen. Qassem Soleimani. Iran conflict preoccupied Trump as virus burst into US in first half of January. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
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President Trump at his press conferences scolds reporters for not complimenting his record. OK, so let's review the record. Long-form by me in @TheAtlantic : "This is Trump's fault." theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
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Small mercies. At least the story about the US diverting surgical masks from the Berlin police turns out to be untrue. washingtonpost.com/world/2020/04/…
This is hopeful too. The UWash COVID-19 model has reduced estimate of US deaths to August 4.
Pandemic maybe stabilizing in Europe wsj.com/articles/globa…
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