Unreleased State Department review blames Trump for 'delayed' pandemic response: report
With barely anything else other than Cheney in the news, this important report is on the back burner.
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By Celine Castronuovo - 05/11/21 12:02 PM EDT
An unreleased State Department report on the Trump administration’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic reportedly blames the former president for “delayed” warnings to Americans and a “void of U.S. international leadership.”
According to excerpts of the State Department’s draft COVID-19 Interim Review obtained by Politico, diplomats and other career agency officials expressed frustrations with former President Trump’s response to the virus.
The draft document reportedly argues that Trump’s withdrawal from international forums weakened U.S. global leadership in responding to the health crisis.
Politico reported that State Department officials “identified the void of U.S. international leadership” as early as March 2020 and pushed for greater global engagement, referencing the country’s role in responding to Ebola in 2014.
However, the draft report notes, “Instead, an over-emphasis on China’s responsibility for the pandemic led to a backwards-looking focus on assigning blame for the virus, which Department research later showed was an ineffective approach to messaging, as the United States repeatedly appeared unwilling to take on greater international leadership to confront the pandemic.”........................................
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I see Fauci getting raked over the coals yesterday.
when is trump going to have to sit in front of a committee on his pandemic response?
