Nobody - not even you - was demanding any "ramping up" in December. This is simply the left, who didn't recognize this threat any sooner than the rest of us, using 20/20 hindsight to act like Trump dithered in the face of certain doom. He did not - he shut down the borders to Chinese, while the Europeans, you know, the countries you lefties tell us we should be more like, didn't, they all got it and then brought it here. Why weren't the progressive utopian euro-zone nations prepping in December? Well, it's because no one saw the threat level until fairly recently. And the Trump administration has been on it ever since, and the American people have noticed:
As the coronavirus pandemic moves into week two, polls (both private and public) are showing a definite uptick for President Trump’s handling of the crisis — and even some movement in his overall job approval rating.
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