Did Trump Fire the US Pandemic Response Team?

[tulc]

Did Trump Fire the US Pandemic Response Team?

Amid warnings from public health officials that a 2020 outbreak of a new coronavirus could soon become a pandemic involving the U.S., alarmed readers asked Snopes to verify a rumor that U.S. President Donald Trump “fired the entire pandemic response team two years ago and then didn’t replace them.”

The claim came from a series of tweets posted by Judd Legum, who runs Popular Information, a newsletter he describes as being about “politics and power.” The commentary is representative of sharp criticism from Democratic legislators (and some Republicans) that the Trump administration has ill-prepared the country for a pandemic, even as one is looming.

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[Dave-W]

It is him being a CEO of a corporation instead of a head of State. Cut all costs and take as much short term profit as possible; and then dump the shell of what is left.