Trump was a spectator who merely downplayed the pandemic and acted politically. The canceling China flights was a small thing and too late. It was already here. Cancelling the flights was not going to cost votes.
Trump was warned about the possibility of a pandemic and cut the staff that was in charge of pandemics. He bragged about doing that. He was told it was coming in late Dec. and did nothing. He was given specifics soon after and ignored them too. Trump was filtering the welfare of the country through a 2020 election filter. Trump is all about Trump and he does not care about the people. He has yet to issue any condolences for the people. The daily Trump show is about him and how he can have ban "acting" expertise.
Trump wanted to do nothing. The reason he is late all the time is because as things got worse and worse, he was forced to do something, but it was reactionary never in preparation.
The first public notice was taken by an NSC person Trump had canned.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/wh...e-house-bungled-coronavirus-response-n1158746 Jan.28. He sloughed it off and continued that .