@davidhogg111 -- Go on offense = risk being a target for threats, possible vendetta actions
For example, threats still cover up a gross Trump misfeasance 2018 - 2020.
He feared bad press if Ebola made the jump.
So he dumped federal pandemic response on the hapless states.
Ebola never got here. SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 makes up for its absence.
The system Trump had John Bolton destroy had been implemented originally, very basically in 1955. A gift from Eisenhower's SEATO alliance.
Eastern Asia = 144 deaths-per-million
Trumped:
USA = 2,364 DPM
What Bolton eliminated ranged from
-- The top manager, Adm. Riemer
-- Non-military staff
-- Liaison positions between WH and Agencies
Together with:
-- Border quarantine
-- Nat'l Tracking Corps
-- Antivirals/antibiotics
-- Positive pressure PPE
As COVID became a national emergency in China, 21-Jan-2020, Trump Administration went over into denial.
"Like magic, it will disappear."
Thousands of deaths in Hubei province induced no additional connection with reality.
Trump feared Ebola. Tough questions from media. His ignorance of basics coming out with lives on the line.
He ordered HR McMaster to eliminate federal pandemic response. Answer = obscene
Bolton was brought in. Gutless POS got right on it, first task as NatSec Advisor. 2018.
Congress learned about Adm. Riemer going.
Agency Liaisons went too. But that was concealed behind security walls. Same for Bolton deleting the detail files off NSA computers: border quarantine, Tracking Corps, materials to order, et. al.
April 2018. He destroyed the White House management system for pandemic response. Fearing the head of the Republican Party who feared responsibility for Ebola.