What a magnificent job Trump has done in the face of Chinese lies and obstruction: the timeline proves it

even some Democratic governors are PRAISING Trump's wartime reaction to battle the Chinese virus. America realizes his amazing leadership. He keeps rising in polls.

5 reasons.

1. Trump was right to implement the China travel ban in January and then later expand it to other countries. That early action saved American lives.
2. Trump was right about weaning America off China-oriented “free trade.”
3. Trump was right to focus on border control and rooting out illegal alien criminals, with a side benefit to stopping the spread of infectious diseases.
4. Trump was right about public-private partnerships in responding to the virus, as those actions are leading to unprecedentedly early testing of vaccines and drug treatments, with the free market unchained to do what it does best – produce solutions and fix

5. Trump has been right to focus on regulatory cuts during his presidency, just when we need them most in this crisis!
TIMELINE
For anyone who claims that President Trump “screwed up” re the Coronavirus, here is the factual timeline for the Trump administration's handling it.

Dec. 31: China announces they are investigating a “pneumonia outbreak” in Wuhan

Jan. 7: CDC established an Incident Management System (just 7 days later)

Jan. 17: CDC sent 100+ staffers to specific US airports to screen travelers who'd been in Wuhan

Jan. 21: CDC activated its Emergency Operations Center (just 3 weeks later)

Jan. 29: President established Presidential Task Force--BEFORE THE THING EVEN HAD A NAME

Jan. 30: State Dept issued a Do Not Travel warning to China (still less than one month after initial announcement from China).

Jan. 30: WHO announced the Coronavirus is a public health emergency of international global concern.
In short, before WHO even announced its “global concern,” the administration was working on his response for almost a month, and had already established a presidential task force.

Jan. 31: To the left's cries of “RACISM!”, the president proactively suspended entry of foreign nationals who’d been to China in the last 14 days.

Jan. 31: The president issued quarantines, and through Secretary Azar, declared a public health emergency for the entire

Feb. 24: The president unveiled the initial plan.
Yet, according to the leadership of the other party, our president has failed us. Following OVER A MONTH of response—they’re accusing our president of failing us.

Feb. 26: President Trump appointed VP Mike Pence to head the whole of government response.

Feb. 29: Sixty days after the Chinese announcement, the US sadly lost its first victim to COVID-19.

March 11: WHO declares COVID-19 to be a global "pandemic."

So, 53 days before the US lost a single life to this disease, the administration was already working diligently to protect our country.

March 13: President Trump declares a national emergency to deal with this pandemic,

Yes, there were and are problems with test kits. Nobody is perfect.

Compared to Obama’s response to Swine Flu in 2009, President Trump’s performance has been stellar..Swine Flu infected over 60 million Americans, hospitalizing a quarter million and killing around 13,000. Obama did not declare a national emergency until about a thousand Americans had already died. How many people- especially in the media - were bitching about Obama’s handling of Swine Flu eleven years ago?