“The only thing i can’t figure out is why trump went along with it.”
Because he had no way of knowing if the initial projections were the bullshit they turned out to be. Trump is not a real politician although he understands the game and knew full well the odds were vastly stacked against him if he did nothing after being publicly warned of the huge numbers of deaths if he didn’t act. Even though he listened and because he did the projected numbers were sharply reduced and Trump is still getting blamed (not unexpected).
Precisely.
It was a Kobayashi-maru scenario for Trump.
Never Trumpers and TDS sufferers were gonna blame him regardless of what happened.