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I wonder if he thinks this will absolve him of any fault or responsibility, as if we're all going to forget what an abysmal failure he is.
https://politicalwire.com/2020/05/23/trump-may-shift-pandemic-response-to-state-department/
Trump May Shift Pandemic Response to State Department
May 23, 2020 at 9:49 am EDT By Taegan Goddard
People familiar with the issue say Dr. Deborah Birx, a top official handling the administrations response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, is likely to wind up in charge of the new unit if it becomes a reality.
dhol82
(9,353 posts)IADEMO2004
(5,574 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Trump was blocked from destroying the CDC outright. Back in 2017 Trump wanted to get rid of the the world's leader in stopping disease where first detected, and this is just more of his mental disorder acting out. (And that of which of the ass-whisperers he listens to?)
Even extreme RW Senator Tom Cotton, currently pushing their line that America's COVID is all China's doing, not theirs, opposed gutting the CDC back in 2017, saying epidemic disease was guaranteed to hit during Trump's term. So at that time they just slashed budget somewhat and Trump appointed an inept, ideologically unsuited director to make sure it wouldn't function properly anyway.
uponit7771
(90,367 posts)... he's stupid