You are so lucky that you can blame the President for a disease created in China,
Americans blame him for bungling the response to the virus. As Harris said, "He froze." He had no idea what to do, kept making up one story after another about it, but he failed to do anything effective for weeks. And that killed tens of thousands of Americans.
because other than for that unexpected turn of events
Yeah, if there hadn't been a crisis, he'd have been just fine. Anyone can do it, if there are no crises. But it's when the unexpected happens that you see what a president is made of. Trump's huge and delicate ego and lack of intelligence kept him from acting effectively.
Lockdown Delays Cost at Least 36,000 Lives, Data Show
Even small differences in timing would have prevented the worst exponential growth, which by April had subsumed New York City, New Orleans and other major cities, researchers found.
Lockdown Delays Cost at Least 36,000 Lives, Data Show
And this in May 2020:
New projections from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health scientists find that delays in reimplementing social distancing following a relaxation of control measures could result in a stronger rebound of COVID-19 infections and deaths. In a retrospective counterfactual analysis, they find that if social distancing and other control measures had been in place in major U.S. metropolitan areas one to two weeks earlier, more than half of the infections and deaths seen to date could have been prevented.
Currently, daily confirmed cases are in decline after the easing of social distancing measures, due in large part to the impact of measures in place before May 4. This decreasing trend, coupled with the lag between infection and diagnosis, conveys a “false signal” that the pandemic is under control. However, due to the high remaining population susceptibility, a large resurgence of both cases and deaths will likely occur, peaking in early- and mid-June, even with the possible reimplementation of social distancing measures.
COVID-19 Projections: Delayed Response to Rebound Would Cost Lives | Columbia Public Health
They were a bit early, but they nailed that one, too.
Trump ended the Great Recession
Well, let's take a look...
When did the Great Recession begin?
December 2007, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research, a private, nonprofit research group.
When did the Great Recession end?
June 2009, though lingering effects such as high unemployment continued to plague the United States well beyond that date.
How does the length of the Great Recession compare to past downturns?
The recession lasted 18 months, making it the longest of any recession since World War II, according to the committee. Previously the longest postwar recessions were those of 1973-75 and 1981-82, both of which lasted 16 months.
When Did the Great Recession Begin and End?
After 2009, the economy went on the longest economic expansion in U.S. history. It even continued into the Trump years; it took him over three years to put the economy in the dumpster.
The US economy shrank by an annualized 31.7 percent in the second quarter of 2020, lower than a 32.9 percent plunge in the advance estimate and compared to market forecasts of a 32.5 percent fall. Still, it is the biggest contraction ever, pushing the economy into a recession as the coronavirus pandemic forced many businesses including restaurants, cafes, stores and factories to close and people to stay at home, hurting consumer and business spending. Private inventory investment and personal consumption expenditures (PCE) decreased less than previously estimated. In contrast, business investment fell more, mainly due to structures and intellectual property products. The recovery will depend on the capacity of the country to control the pandemic and avoid more waves of infections. Fed officials see the US economy shrinking 6.5 percent in 2020.
United States GDP Growth Rate | 1947-2020 Data | 2021-2022 Forecast | Calendar
Trump could have avoided tens of thousands of deaths and months of economic misery by just doing the right thing. But he had closed down the pandemic task force, refused to listen to his experts, and just denied the reality, promising it would all go away "like a miracle."
And here we are in the dumpster. The world is laughing at us, we've lost our leadership in the free world, and petty dictators threaten and mock us.
When the pandemic eases and Democratic governors take their feet off the necks of their people again (if they do), you'll see all or most of this resume.
When the election is over, and Trump gets his foot off the neck of America, we can start to clean up and repair all the damage. Until then, it's going to get worse.
Remember what Trump asked us when he wanted to be president?
"What have you got to lose?"
Now we know.
