# Why did Trump mismanage the covid pandemic?

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**Created:** [September 20, 2024, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-trump-mismanage-the-covid-pandemic/1007528 "2024-09-20T15:59:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-trump-mismanage-the-covid-pandemic/1007528/2 "2024-09-20T16:00:36Z")

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Here’s most of the post i was replying to:

> [@What is the point of political yard signs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-point-of-political-yard-signs/1007392/96):
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> > [@What is the point of political yard signs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-point-of-political-yard-signs/1007392/85):
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> > On the one hand, we have trying to make sense of incomplete science and often contradictory medical advice in the face of a pandemic unprecedented in modern history while weighing competing economic and societal interests.
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> Nonsense. There were no competent professionals offering alternative theories. Trump was surrounded by competent experts who were telling him what needed to be done. But Trump refused to listen.
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> Why did Trump do this? My personal speculation (and I acknowledge this is just an opinion) is that when Trump was first told about the upcoming crisis, he didn’t understand what he was being told because he’s stupid and he didn’t want to do anything because he’s lazy. So he publicly stated that there wouldn’t be any crisis. And then as the crisis kept getting bigger, Trump kept refusing to admit he had been wrong.
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> Of course, I could be wrong on this last part. Maybe Putin offered Trump a thousand dollars to kill off a few hundred thousand extra Americans and Trump took the bribe. But I feel my “stupid and lazy” theory is more likely.

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