UA Prof Michael Schaller: Trump hasn't learned history's lessons on managing a crisis
By late-January, numerous health, economic and security advisers in and outside the Trump administration predicted that COVID-19 would spread globally with lethal impact.
- By late-January, numerous health, economic and security advisers in and outside the Trump administration predicted that COVID-19 would spread globally with lethal impact.
- Although no president could prevent a pandemic, the lack of preparation left the country woefully unprepared.
- In late-January 2020, Trump, like leaders in many countries, imposed a partial ban on travel from China, later extended to Europe.
- Although many politicians, journalists and public health officials initially misjudged the severity of the COVID-19 threat, few were as dismissive as Trump.