Debate is focusing on whether President Trump -- who spent weeks downplaying the likely impact of the coronavirus pandemic -- had cost lives by not being more proactive | Analysis by stcollinson
Vice President Mike Pence warned in a CNN interview that the most comparable example for what is to come is Italy, which has endured weeks of misery as the previous epicenter of the global crisis.For all the formidable power of the White House, Trump and his top officials can do little more to urge Americans to stay home to ease the terrible demands being placed on medical staff in hospitals in worst-hit areas that are crammed with sick patients and running out of basic supplies.
"He analyzed the data and opinions of experts and sided with the one that said warm weather will likely slow the virus."Such a decision could turn out to be one of the most fateful moments of the US response to the pandemic. The indications of how Trump handled the approaching storm will fuel claims by Democrats that he cost lives by not acting more quickly.
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