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President Trump was slow to absorb the scale of the risk the coronavirus pandemic posed to the U.S. and to act accordingly, our examination of the administration’s response reveals https://nyti.ms/2Vmt6MH
Dozens of interviews with current and former officials and a review of emails and records revealed many previously unreported details about the Trump administration’s halting response to the spread of the deadly coronavirus.
The National Security Council office that tracks pandemics had intelligence in early January predicting the spread of the virus to the U.S. Within weeks it urged officials to look at options like keeping Americans home from work and shutting large cities. https://nyti.ms/2Vmt6MH
By mid-January, there was growing evidence of the virus spreading outside China.
China hawks within the administration were pushing to impose a travel ban on China, but ran into initial opposition from President Trump’s economic advisors and public health experts.
China hawks within the administration were pushing to impose a travel ban on China, but ran into initial opposition from President Trump’s economic advisors and public health experts.
President Trump repeatedly played down the seriousness of the coronavirus threat even as top White House advisors and intelligence experts sounded alarms and called for aggressive action. https://nyti.ms/2Vmt6MH
When President Trump finally agreed in mid-March to recommend social distancing across the country, the economy that he had wagered his re-election on was suddenly in shambles. https://nyti.ms/2Vmt6MH
Read our full investigation by @EricLiptonNYT, @SangerNYT, @maggieNYT, @shearm, @MarkMazzettiNYT and @julianbarnes https://nyti.ms/2Vmt6MH
Here are 5 takeaways from our examination of the Trump administration’s slow response to the coronavirus pandemic https://nyti.ms/2wtTQT0
