From WSJopinion: Past presidents responded to plagues by leaving town and waiting. Trump has done much more than Washington, Jackson or Wilson in the hour of health crisis, writes Allen C. Guelzo.
Many Americans seem to believe the president should be the country’s Principal Public Health Officer, or even Oracle in Chief. Maybe this is because the U.S.
relies so much on the executive branch to make government work, or because in times of crisis the president is the natural focus for Americans’ anxieties. Whatever the reason, it’s new. History reveals that presidents have responded to past epidemics with, well, not much at all.To Read the Full Story
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