Donald Trump is now posing as the defender of freedom and the scourge of lockdowns, but in truth, he is the most Draconian lockdown president in the history of the United States.
When the COVID outbreak began in March 2020, Trump declared “we have to stay apart," called for the closure of civil society and much of the economy, and basically handed the reins over to Deborah Birx and Anthony Fauci.When some conservative governors tried to unwind the initial lockdowns, Trump attacked them for it.
— Brian Kemp September 9, 2023 So why did Donald Trump go along so fully with the lockdown approach at first? Part of it was certainly his famous germophobia. But two other reasons reflect not on his personality but on his fitness to be president. First, he was uninterested in pandemic response, and so he handed it over to the experts. Second, he doesn’t really have any regard for individual liberty or believe there is any limiting principle on what government leaders can do.
This is actually part of the defense Trump supporters launch: The nationwide lockdown guidelines weren’t Trump’s idea, he just went along with them. This is an even better excuse. The President had no control of his administration, he just left all the power to others so you can’t really blame him.— AG September 9, 2023 Trump has a famously short attention span for anything besides Trump, and he is incredibly impressionable. For that reason, he often simply abdicates his responsibility on important issues and lets others make the decisions.
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