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That is a rather unusual interpretation of the article, to put it mildly. The gist damns Azar in about every way possible. At that January 18tb briefing, he also reassured the Administration that he had all the resources necessary for containment. The tune changed at the end of January , when just about everything changed. Some sort of tipping point occurred on the 28th.

Yes, the article damns Azar, which I noted when I first posted it.  And who does Azar report to?  Remember "Only the best people"?  It's the job of a leader to hire people on the basis of competence rather than loyalty (this seems to be a recurring problem with this president) and it's the job of a leader to cut through the bullshit when an underling is buttering you up.  So yeah, Azar's failures reflect on Trump.

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That is a rather unusual interpretation of the article, to put it mildly. The gist damns Azar in about every way possible. At that January 18tb briefing, he also reassured the Administration that he had all the resources necessary for containment. The tune changed at the end of January , when just about everything changed. Some sort of tipping point occurred on the 28th.

Yes, the article damns Azar, which I noted when I first posted it.  And who does Azar report to?  Remember "Only the best people"?  It's the job of a leader to hire people on the basis of competence rather than loyalty (this seems to be a recurring problem with this president) and it's the job of a leader to cut through the bullshit when an underling is buttering you up.  So yeah, Azar's failures reflect on Trump.

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