Ron Klain: Trump Just Takes a Stab at Coronavirus Measures, Sees It’s Difficult, Then Leaves It to the State To Handle It

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KLAIN: “Of course it doesn’t, Anderson. But you’re absolutely right. This is the way it’s gone every step of the way. At first the president said that the White House would take charge of testing. Remember back in March when they were boasting about working with the big box stores and all the things they were going to do to make testing available. And then testing became a state responsibility. Then the White House was going to take the lead on protective gear and they were going to really get all the stuff made and they were going to use the Defense Production Act. And then they left protective gear. That’s now a state responsibility. Then on April 16th the president led a briefing where they said these will be the conditions for reopening, this is the White House plan for reopening. And now a month later they’re like every state should do whatever they want. The problem is fighting an epidemic is hard. It requires science and leadership consistently day after day. And on each of these aspects, Anderson, the president’s made a little stab at it, found it too difficult, and then basically thrown it back at the state governments to sort it all out.”