First of all, let's dismiss Trump's claim of banning the

Posted on: July 19, 2020 at 12:16:40 CT

Chinese when no one else wanted to do it. Other countries were doing the same thing at the same time, and his "ban" still allowed 7000 Chinese and 28,000 Americans in from that country, so his "ban" meant nothing.
He had already relegated the Pandemic task into obscurity in 2018 (fact).
He did nothing the whole month of February. Early social distancing would have worked wonders. He constantly downplayed the dangers, giving false comfort to his base (as well as
Instead of gathering PPE supplies early, he did nothing while the rest of the world was working towards that goal, and then abdicated federal responsibility and set state aagainst state.
Instead of using federal law to get private companies to manufacture testing equipment, he relied on the CDC exclusively (Yes, there were no tests left to his administration, there never are virus tests unless you know the virus you're fighting) which botched the
first test and cost two critical weeks without a reliable test (and then we never have caught up with the amount of tests needed).
Even a simple mandate for masks, which ALL scientific experts advocate, would help control this pandemic. See (Healthdata.org) to see what a difference masks make.
I could go on and on, now he has simply avoided the subject, preferring to pander to the prejudices of his base. (BTW we spent $88 million on that stupid drug he touted which has been discredited as offering any true benefit).
Bottom line, we have more deaths than any other country in the world, and no, we are not the most populous by any means.