Trump's COVID-19 National Emergency took longer to declare than his 'wall' National Emergency

The dimensions of the Trump inaction and now profiteering from COVID-19 have become clearer. A Trump emboldened by an impeachment acquittal felt no need to respond to a “foreign” pandemic.

Trump’s nativist denial, conditioned by his attacks on international institutions, colored a negligent US response much like his treatment of Puerto Rico, which he once actually identified as a country with a president.

And $50 billion in federal emergency aid surely wouldn’t be abused by some state governments. Then again we might visit the CT of FEMA camps which only now bears a resemblance to border detention camps.

Trump, 2 wks ago: there are really only 15 people and Ã¢Â€ÂœweÃ¢Â€Â™re pretty soon only going to be 5 people.Ã¢Â€Â@KellyannePolls – itÃ¢Â€Â™s contained

Stats on March 6th
327 cases, 14 deaths, 8 recovered#CoronaVirusUpdate as of 8:13 pm tonight

2,726confirmed cases, 54 deaths, 12 recovered pic.twitter.com/qeVEmI8YHP— Maggie Jordan (@MaggieJordanACN) March 15, 2020

Remember after Hurricane Maria, Trump flew down to Puerto Rico where he bragged about a death count of 15 that everyone knew was wrong. He then faced ZERO consequences when it turned out the # of deaths caused by the hurricane and aftermath was more like 3000.

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) March 5, 2020

Why won't Trump tell us why his admin refused to use World Health organizations coronavirus test kits? That delayed testing for 2 weeks and let disease spread. Did Trump not use WHO test kit bc he wanted companies run by GOP donors to make it?! https://t.co/DcVVkmMlY5

— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@DeanObeidallah) March 14, 2020

Korea did things that seemed like an overreaction, and now they seem smart. https://t.co/kuoIdRDUwi

— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) March 15, 2020

President Trump said the national emergency declaration would open up access to up to $50 billion in financial assistance for states, localities and territories. https://t.co/vHowGvwALl

— Real Time Economics (@WSJecon) March 15, 2020

When the next pandemic occurs (and make no mistake, it will) and the federal government is unable to respond in a coordinated and effective fashion to protect the lives of US citizens and others, this decision by John Bolton and Donald Trump will be why. https://t.co/iMSzopSRaI

— Stephen Schwartz (@AtomicAnalyst) May 10, 2018

Ã¢Â€ÂœTheyÃ¢Â€Â™re trying to scare everybody, from meetings, cancel the meetings, close the schools Ã¢Â€Â” you know, destroy the country. And thatÃ¢Â€Â™s ok, as long as we can win the election,Ã¢Â€Â POTUS told guests at Mar-a-Lago last weekend. https://t.co/UxZb0GumFU

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) March 15, 2020

Laying blame at someone else's door while simultaneously taking a victory lap is vintage Trump. But had his administration implemented some of the aggressive measures taken by Singapore & HK, Americans would likely be in far safer circumstances than today https://t.co/NE9OTWajn2

— Michael Bociurkiw (@WorldAffairsPro) March 13, 2020

Watching again A Face in the Crowd. Tour de force by Andy Griffith as a narcissistic sociopath who almost becomes president. Too close to home.

— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) March 15, 2020

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What if the random dumb individuals are government officials? pic.twitter.com/1qp3yBCoLI

— Josh Barro (@jbarro) March 15, 2020

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