In **early January,** the National Security Council office responsible for tracking pandemics received intelligence reports predicting the spread of coronavirus to the U.S. nytimes.com/2020/04/11/us/…
“These final days of Feb. illustrated Trump’s inability or unwillingness to absorb warnings coming at him. He instead reverted to his traditional political playbook in the midst of a public health calamity, squandering vital time as the virus spread silently across the country.”
“The chaotic culture of the Trump White House contributed to the crisis. A lack of planning and a failure to execute, combined with the president’s focus on the news cycle and his preference for following his gut rather than the data cost time, and perhaps lives.”
