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Former President Barack Obama said he gave ex-President Donald Trump a pandemic playbook when Trump took office — but he disregarded it.

“He ignored it,” Obama said during a rallyfor Vice President Kamala Harris in Las Vegas on Saturday. “And three years later, a pandemic hits.”

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[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 110 points 1 month ago (1 children)

trump ignored everything everyone gave him. except putin's marching orders

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago

also the hamberders. he scarffed those.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 88 points 1 month ago
[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 64 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Unfortunately, many people are left out of the "some of us" group and are trying their damnedest to get this dipshit elected again.

[–] ravhall@discuss.online 5 points 1 month ago

I don’t think those people come to Lemmy

[–] Australis13@fedia.io 39 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Isn't this old news? I recall Trump not only throwing out the handbook, but disbanding the pandemic response team, too...

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 13 points 1 month ago

He actively tried to undo anything with Obama's name on it. The one thing he's good at is holding a grudge.

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 11 points 1 month ago

It is old news, and it's worth bringing up at this time because it shows how poorly qualified trump was then for holding the office of the presidency.

[–] JustZ@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago

I remember this. They lost it.

Everyone knew for decades that a zoonotic corona virus was coming. We even knew it would likely come from China.

There was a whole plan for what to do. Treatment strategies, logistics, economic and national security issues, and Trump's people literally said they lost it.

[–] AAA 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The real question is: if Obama gave Trump an obviously terrible plan, with the goal to let as many people die as possible, would Trump have gone out of his way to save each and everyone - simply out of spite for Obama?

Of course he wouldn't have, but I like the idea.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

No, he would have rejected it in favor of a plan he made himself that enriched his friends and family and blamed the ensuing chaos on Obama.

[–] xc2215x@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Knowing Trump, no shock.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

I don't think he ignored it. He probably looked under the section of profiteering activities to watch out for and did any of those that he could understand.

[–] tikimusic@lemmy.world -3 points 1 month ago