Donald J. Trump will go down in history as a poor one-time President when he could have been remembered as a two-timer near the top of the second tier. Why? The lack of management and leadership during the pandemic causing hundreds of thousands of deaths that could have been avoided. In spite of a need to coordinate the response among states by purchasing and distributing personal protective equipment; at first he said he would, then changed his mind, then he would, and finally cast the states against each other.

            He belittled his scientific experts at the daily briefings and made extremely stupid suggestions about how to keep from getting it and how to kill it if they got it. He put a Fox talking head with had no expertise in virus to head the scientists. His example of not wearing a mask caused millions to emulate him causing tens of thousands of them and their families to die.

            Instead of a few thousand dead we have a quarter of the world’s deaths with only 4% of its population. Other leaders which followed his example have met with the same results. Brazil’s leader followed Trump’s example and Brazil is now second in deaths per 100,000.

            Proper leadership as in Germany, Austria, Italy, Japan and Australia are examples of how Trump should have led in the controlling of the pandemic. He claims his people got the vaccine out at Warp speed but many of “His” vaccines are from foreign companies. His efforts in distributing vaccines has been scattered and behind other countries. Those countries with national health services have tested more and faster, secured more vaccines per capita, and have injected it into more people than we have.

            We can only hope Biden’s experienced people will save hundreds of thousands of us from choking to death and long term disabilities.