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by FreakyT 2009 days ago
"It’s going to go away, hopefully at the end of the month. And, if not, hopefully it will be soon after that." — Trump, 2020-03-31

That's long after human-to-human transmission was confirmed. So, no, you can't blame the WHO there.

> Right. He could easily just make decisions without the Democrats using everything in their power to stop him.

...Uh okay? Since when has Trump cared what Democrats thought? Again, why did he not attempt to close the South Korean border if he cared so much? I'll tell you why: it's because Trump was just looking for an excuse to close the border to a country he already didn't like. He never cared about the virus, only about his personal agenda.