Jon Meacham: We Cannot Rely on the President To Be a Good and Effective Actor in This Time of Crisis

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MEACHAM: “So this is the — as Joe Biden likes to say, this is the United States of America. We have defeated communist tyranny. We’ve defeated Nazi Germany. We’ve carried the idea, if not the reality, of equality throughout the world for 240 years. And we can’t make masks? Really? With this concentration of wealth, with this concentration of skill, we’re going to isolate and watch these now sort of hour and ten, hour and fifteen minutes episodes of this Trump reality show he does at midday? Which is fine if it is a reality show for him, but this is our reality. It is unconscionable. And as ever in America, by the way, the private sector, the citizens need to step forward. Because at this point, we cannot rely on the President to be a good and effective actor in this time of crisis. That’s my historical view."