One of Trump's actual acts of leadership was banning all travel to the U.S. from Europe.* Article in the Washington Post today about how the rushed, botched way that was implemented caused a final viral infusion into the U.S. from Europe--leaving aside the debate about whether it was justified epidemiologically.
*this is how he announced it. Only afterward did administration officials try to clarify that the ban did not apply to U.S. citizens or permanent legal residents--too late for my daughter and thousands of others, who bought (expensive) tickets home immediately, and then didn't trust that the exception might be taken away at some point anyway.
“To keep new cases from entering our shores,” Trump said in an Oval Office address on March 11, “we will be suspending all travel from Europe to the United States for the next 30 days.”
*this is how he announced it. Only afterward did administration officials try to clarify that the ban did not apply to U.S. citizens or permanent legal residents--too late for my daughter and thousands of others, who bought (expensive) tickets home immediately, and then didn't trust that the exception might be taken away at some point anyway.
“To keep new cases from entering our shores,” Trump said in an Oval Office address on March 11, “we will be suspending all travel from Europe to the United States for the next 30 days.”