A commander in chief should know the battlefield during coronavirus pandemic
Donald Trump spent this past weekend tweeting about his TV ratings as "roughly the viewership of 'The Bachelor," denouncing the "Lamestream media," decrying House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as one out to hurt the country, and calling Washington Gov. Jay Inslee "nasty" during a verbal tussle with a CNN reporter.
A Monday conference call with governors suggests that, in the war against the COVID-19 pandemic, the self-styled "commander in chief" could better spend his time learning the battlefield and listening to field commanders.
Gov. Steve Bullock of Montana talked about the need for "contract testing" in his largely rural state. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo had discussed the need for testing kits at a morning briefing. "We have a desperate need of the testing kits," Inslee had said Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union."
Trump's reply to Bullock left governors taken aback: "I haven't heard about testing in weeks. We've tested more now than any other nation in the world. We've got these great tests and we'e coming out with a faster one this week. I haven't heard about testing being a problem."
At least, the 45th President was persuaded not to send Americans back into "packed churches" at Easter, as he had wanted to do. Experts used flattery and charts forecasting levels of coronavirus casualties to keep Trump from reopening America to business.
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