“For several months, Trump and his officials have cast a fog of promises meant to reassure a country in the throes of the coronavirus pandemic. Trump and his team haven’t delivered on critical ones.”
“…Americans are going without the medical supplies and much of the financial help they most need from the government at the very time they need it most — and were told they would have it.”
“But bold promises and florid assurances were made, day after day, from the White House and a zigzagging president who minimized the danger for months and systematically exaggerates what Washington is doing about it.
“We’re getting them tremendous amounts of supplies,” he said of health care workers. “Incredible. It’s a beautiful thing to watch.” This was when Americans were watching something else entirely — doctors wearing garbage bags for makeshift protection.”
“Trump dithered on supplies for two months after global alarm bells rang about a coming pandemic in January.”
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