The Washington Post reports that Trump officials received advanced warning of a possible coronavirus pandemic. Ashley Parker reacts. Aired on 03/20/2020.
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WAPO: Intel Reports Warned Trump Admin. Of Likely Pandemic | The 11th Hour | MSNBC
The true character of a person will always be revealed when they are faced with a crisis or adversity. And the eternal question will always be, when it truly mattered, did they do the right thing? So far, Trump has failed. And Trump has never failed to fail, because failing has always been the easiest thing for him to do.
When Ebola broke out in West Africa in 2014, President Obama recognized that responding to the outbreak overseas, while also protecting Americans at home, involved multiple U.S. government departments and agencies, none of which were speaking to one another.
So to bring order and harmony to the chaos, he create a coherent multiagency response overseas and on the homefront. Building on the Ebola experience, President Obama set up a permanent epidemic monitoring and command group inside the White House National Security Council, and another in the Department of Homeland Security—both of which followed the scientific and public health leads of the National Institutes of Health, and the CDC, and the diplomatic advice of the State Department.
But that’s all gone now. In May 2018, Trump ordered the NSC’s entire global health security unit shut down. This was the directorate charged with preparing for when, not if, another pandemic would hit the nation.
Trump’s elimination of the office suggested, along with his proposed budget cuts for the CDC, that he did not see or comprehend the threat of pandemics. Trump said that COVID-19 “came out of nowhere” and “blindsided the world.” His comments left scientists, doctors, and national security experts in a state of shock. Because experts had been warning about the next pandemic for years.
“One year later I was mystified when the White House dissolved the office, leaving the country less prepared for pandemics like COVID-19,” Beth Cameron, the first director of the unit, wrote in an op-ed. She said the directorate was set up to be the “smoke alarm” and get ahead of emergencies and sound a warning at the earliest sign of fire — “all with the goal of avoiding a six-alarm fire.”
In the spring of 2018, Trump pushed Congress to cut funding for Obama-era disease security programs, reducing $15 billion in national health spending and cutting the global disease-fighting operational budgets of the CDC, NSC, DHS, and HHS. And the government’s $30 million Complex Crises Fund was eliminated..
I’ve always seeing comments about Trump’s supposed incompetence, but why was he elected by the citizens of your country as president then? Just curious…
@Kaye Charlotte He wasn’t elected by a majority of the citizens of our country. He was elected by a system that weights the value of a vote in favor of states with a higher dirt to people ratio. Neither major party candidate had overwhelming support, and the election of 2016 had the lowest percentage of voter turnout ever.
@David J This comment needs to be on every video.
And now the costs will run into a trillion dollars to battle this virus in the USA. The King of bankruptcy strikes again!
This is why Trump hates CNN, NBC, and the main stream media in general. Because they expose his lies on a daily basis. If I were a complete fraud and a pathological liar like Trump, I would hate CNN and the main stream media too.
Stable Jeanious
when Trump issued a travel ban on China in early Feb… Democrats and rest of media called him racist as well.. now that COVID have blown to our faces, they are saying Trump is too late to act… being politically correct, being a snowflake is not going to help anyone in this crisis..
Joy Phillip Another Brain Washed MORON ! Stuck on Stupid !
Joy Phillips Go back to Fox Propaganda Channel ! Russian Approved Trolls !
bwahahahaha, you are unhinged.
@Joy Phillips IDK if your predictions are correct. But here is what has happened so far and you tell me if he has any hope of winning. GM, Hardly Davidson left the USA and leaving people with no jobs. Talks about record low Unemployment yet we are making HISTORY with record numbers of unemployment the site is crashing. Talks about a WALL to keep Americans safe yet it is nothing more than a see through fence (China still has the real wall) and somehow COVID-19 made its way through. Now USA has surpassed China case numbers and about to surpass China number of deaths and Mexico is like “do not bring American tourist to spread the virus” and now America is supposed to open for business only to find out the date is being pushed back….wow the prediction is he still has hope you say.?😁……………..🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Thanks goodness for the multi Pulitzer Prize winning Washington Post for reporting and breaking so many truths about diabolical tRump. The Washington Post is nothing like Fox Entertainment Faux News or RT Russian TV who are mouthpieces for tRump and Putin likewise. Facts Matter. Black Lives Matter and ANTIFA fight Fascists.
Why would a stable genius need to listen to anyone?
The height of that idiots success should have been driving a pulp wood truck
rabooey never did, never will. And he is even proud of it
He wouldn’t even be a sentient being if he was in a stable.
Don’t you know?
Trump knows more about (insert whatever here) than anybody.
“That I can tell you.”
Has anyone thought that maybe the real reason Trump dragged his feet in those first few weeks was making sure he and his family and other GOP and wealthy buddies dumped stocks and profited from the coronavirus, using information that was privy to them alone, consolidating their stock portfolios, while the rest of us were being told it was all under control and going to miraculously disappear.?? 😡🤬
Craig Buglar that’s exactly what I told my family few days ago ✅✅✅✅✅👌🏼👏🏼
@Russ Martin Tyranny ? So where is this tyranny happening? Everything this guy has done and is doing is his rights as a US President . So if you’re under such tyrannical situations everyday, why is no one else ?
@Gema Monkey ah look everyone at this source a likely Russian troll…
@Joy Phillips you wear a tinfoil hat don’t you???
You could be very right…
VOTE FOR A CLOWN EXPECT A CIRCUS.
Trump may soon lose support from many NBA, NHL, NFL, and MLB owners because of this recent revelation. These leagues wouldn’t be losing nearly as much money if Trump had taken action on this back in January.
WITH AN “ELEPHANT” GOING CRAZY AND KILLING THE ATTENDANTS?
Like all clowns they like to go out with a bang… covid 19 might just be the bang…for IT
I have never liked a circus but this one has the scariest clown yet
he was to busy congratulating himself for the markets turn to the upside. He didnt care anything about a virus in china. HIs thought was that it was never coming here so why worry about it. This is his rationale on most things. When you are a con artist and a cheat you fail to heed warnings you just play the part like you know what you are doing. He keeps saying its fake news the only thing that is fake is him.
Right!
He enacted a travel ban back in January which democrats rallied against. That’s why the only places that were hit the most were democrat strongholds, NYC, Los Angeles, etc. HIS BAN ON MIGRANTS SEEKING ASYLUM WORKED…. THAT’S WHY THERE ISN’T MUCH ACTION ON THE SOUTHERN BORDER from this disease apart from Florida. ANOTHER DEMOCRAT STRONGHOLD.
@Joy Phillips We were past the point where simply restricting travel was a reasonable response. Expect 70m to 150m globally.
They were “intelligence” reports. You can’t expect Spanky to understand anything associated with “intelligence.”
“Intelligence needs to go back to school”
Imagine Trump as a student. Ha. Why doesn’t he show us his school records? Why doesn’t he show us his taxes? He’s hiding something.
Trump is a dangerous menace. His denial cost lives. He is a threat to Global security and to the health and wellbeing of the Whole Planet.
@yesca jasta SARS? You’re so dumb! Baby Bush was president during SARS, a whole 6 years before Obama took office.
@salmonline I disagree. People thought Hilary would win and didn’t bother voting. Most people are lazy in their thinking. They think other people will save the day. I hope I’m wrong. Stay safe
@Charles Mckinney shaddap ridiculous trumptrash…lol…simpleton.
Trump; guilty of the genocide of US citizens. He knew he was lying about the rapid progression of “Trump Virus” and his emasculation of the CDC
@oidipousking The real problem is that Bernie supporters are just as big a cult as tRUMPs is and the majority of them won’t vote again like in 2016
Trump remains the most corrupt, inept, failed president in the history of this country!
@Foghorn Leghorn I watched a failed attempt at a coup by a bunch of whiny marxist democrats, not a proper impeachment. It was impeachment in name only. 😂
@Mr Deplorable2020 You demonstrated earlier that you don’t understand what an actual impeachment is.
@Foghorn Leghorn oh I know the difference, you democrats don’t. I remember watching Bill Clintons impeachment, that was done correctly and strictly by the letter of the law. What they pulled on Trump was a sham. Go get educated before making a parallel here, you look stupid.
@Mr Deplorable2020 “Clintons impeachment, that was done correctly and strictly by the letter of the law.”
Again you demonstrate your complete lack of understanding. There is no ‘law’ regarding impeachment.
@Foghorn Leghorn Ok, semantics “Impeachment proceedings” The democrats called for ther first impeachment on January 20th 2017. Calling for impeachment the day he became president delegitimizes every claim you people make. This is nothing more than continual sniveling and whining by a bunch of immature losers who got a reality check. Nothing you say carries any weight, your news sources aren’t legitimate, it’s all agenda driven bias bull crap. Your party will lose this election, you will lose the house and you will lose more seats in the senate. Soon after, you’ll lose control of the US supreme court. You’re about to throw a 2nd rate mediocre VP with dimensia against one of the strongest president this nation has ever seen. Laugh, joke, snicker and ridicule me all you want, don’t care. Come November you people will hold no power in this country. You will be irrelevant. 😁
This is why he can not be reelected.
Buffy smith sue me
@Baboy Lechon Defending Trump has become so central to their self-identity that they’re unable to see how doing so runs contrary to their real self-interest.
aroyaleable oh arent you selfless and heroic.
@Baboy Lechon I’m sorry Flyover man. The U.S. and the world have changed, often in unfortunate ways. Shooting those in the legs who try to sneak across the border may make you feel better but that isn’t going to solve the problem of illegal immigration. The trade war with China sounds tough, but that’s really just the talk of a loudmouth in a bar. It’s not bringing back manufacturing and it’s killing our farmers. Running up the national deficit, denying global climate change, and trampling the constitution will have terrible consequences, if not for you, then certainly for your kids.
The truth is we have far more in common with you than you seem to realize. You can stay angry at the injustice in your life and continue to vote for the GOP, or take some positive steps to improve your situation. You’re right. Democrats are loaded with faults and they’re guilty, as are Republicans of overlooking flyover people. They’re the only party though that’s talking about the terrible effects of income inequality and how that’s crippling flyover towns, with plans to change that. How did that big GOP tax cut work out for you? Democrats sure aren’t selling ugly nonsense to flyover men and flyover women who deserve better.
aroyaleable Democrats are the chinese communist party’s conduit, so are the republicans. I find your convictions hilarious. You really think youre some super hero huh? Go ahead save the world, hope the chicoms harvest your organs one day.
“The only question that remains is if trump will be tried as an adult.”
@salmonline no we are going to be laughing watching all you Democrats get triggered all over again. Because if you are putting your money on creepy joe. All I know if creepy Joe wins lam hiding my granddaughters.
Considering he has made two year old children stand in immigration court…. YES.
Some kids are tried as adults, this baby tRump deserves to be treated as an adult because of the damage this baby is done.
trump’s about to earn his “genocide” badge
@Nav S Heer Unlike a trump rally courts demand actual proof, and it seems like republicans go to jail much more frequently than democrats.
He was too busy blaming Obama and getting rid of everything Obama put in place!
Yup…. I’ve said that from the beginning. All Obama, all the time. Our distinguished former POTUS is the only reason trump ran at all. Obama embarrassed trump at that correspondents event and he set his sites on the WH. If I’m not mistaken, Obama said something like “I’m President, you’re NOT”. Don’t quote me, but that’s pretty close.
@Raymond Tucker Jr your totally correct,
@Brian Smart We all know it to be true. Especially trump.
This Bush’s New Orleans aka Hurricane Katrina killed so many innocent Americans. When you cut back CDC funding awhile back. This will be another dark chapter on his Presidency. 😭😭🇺🇸🇺🇸
Only if you are stupid enough to believe the media bs. Trump was one of the first world leaders to ban travel from China, and you called him a racist. Your beloved Democrats tried to block his travel ban, which delayed it by weeks allowing 10’s of thousands of people to continue coming from heavily infected areas.
They cant make him stay off Twitter, you think they’re going to make him respond to a pandemic??
Raul Garcia What could it do?Ask Putin?
putin’s got trump on his twitter feed and turns on the notifications whenever he’s feeling down to give himself a good ol’ belly laugh at trump’s latest antics
Where is jim Jordan the sycophant. Looks like he gone underground
Clifford Onyemaechi He only does the jock strap routine.
One term president. He can’t be allowed a second term. That would be a death sentence to us all
One wonders if there will be another election.
This first term of his will see many Americans die needlessly. They had warning of Covid-19 and did absolutely nothing but lie to us and withhold that information. We had time to prepare.
This is domestic terrorism and treason and he also needs to be tried for crimes against humanity. ARREST HIM NOW!
Criminal negligence
He proves with every passing hour just how incompetent and unfit he is for the office of President of the United States.
He worries about his wallet more than he cares about the people in the country. I don’t think anyone is surprised by this.
He’s the KING MAGA-T