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Three Ways Trump Bungled the Pandemic Response

April 24, 2020 · 1:34 pm ET · Leave a Comment

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It’s hard to overstate how poorly President Trump has handled the nation’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. But his political judgement has been terrible too.

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