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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (1219431)	4/11/2020 5:03:26 PM
From: Wharf Rat	2 Recommendations Recommended By pocotrader sylvester80 Respond to of 1579687

Trump Repeatedly Ignored Warnings Political Wireby Taegan Goddard New York Times: “Throughout January, as Mr. Trump repeatedly played down the seriousness of the virus and focused on other issues, an array of figures inside his government — from top White House advisers to experts deep in the cabinet departments and intelligence agencies — identified the threat, sounded alarms and made clear the need for aggressive action.” “The president, though, was slow to absorb the scale of the risk and to act accordingly, focusing instead on controlling the message, protecting gains in the economy and batting away warnings from senior officials.” “Even after Mr. Trump took his first concrete action at the end of January — limiting travel from China — public health often had to compete with economic and political considerations in internal debates, slowing the path toward belated decisions to seek more money from Congress, obtain necessary supplies, address shortfalls in testing and ultimately move to keep much of the nation at home.”

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (1219431)	4/11/2020 5:23:55 PM
From: puborectalis	1 Recommendation Recommended By sylvester80 Respond to of 1579687

As Virus Fears Mounted, Trump Scheduled Only 9 Intelligence Briefings In January Even as his own experts grew increasingly alarmed, Trump did not have an intelligence briefing on his schedule until Jan. 6.