Azar and Mulvaney were both in bad places with Trump, making them weak messengers. The information from China wasn& #39;t complete. Mnuchin and Kudow were focused on the Phase One deal with China. The president was focused on impeachment and his own survival. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/11/us/politics/coronavirus-trump-response.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/1...
Some of our other coverage of the handling of the coronavirus included this piece about Kushner, who West Wing advisers say had shared Trump& #39;s view that media was hyping the virus to hurt Trump before putting himself in the middle of the response in March https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/us/politics/jared-kushner-coronavirus-trump.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/0...
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