[Mick]

At the risk of fanning more political flames, I am posting this because 2 NY Times columnists (one liberal, one conservative) address this question, with reasoning similar to what has been advanced on this board: 

Ross Douthat: What isn't Trump's fault

Kristof: How did the "Best-Prepared country" become a horror story?

As long as we're listing journalists who are piling on Trump, Paul Krugman thinks his actions weren't merely mistakes, they were criminal:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/10/opini...virus.html

[Mick]

At the risk of fanning more political flames, I am posting this because 2 NY Times columnists (one liberal, one conservative) address this question, with reasoning similar to what has been advanced on this board: 

Ross Douthat: What isn't Trump's fault

Kristof: How did the "Best-Prepared country" become a horror story?

As long as we're listing journalists who are piling on Trump, Paul Krugman thinks his actions weren't merely mistakes, they were criminal:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/10/opini...virus.html