So spare us the political spin to protect Trump. I like him, but he effed this up because of political arrogance, just as I originally posted. It is what led the Dems to be lockdown/masking monsters....political arrogance.
Exactly correct. Moreover, Trump did have advisors in the WH telling him to go in another direction. But Trump decided to throw in with Fauci, Birx, et al., to the exclusion of those who were giving him sound advice. Why? Because Trump, narcissistic @ss that he was/is, wanted to be seen as the savior in the midst of the situation -- i.e., pushing his moronic "Operation Warp Speed" -- thereby playing right into the hands of those who, to put it mildly, do not (and never did) have the best interests of the American people at heart.
In this matter, Trump was (and, as far as I can tell, still is) an arrogant fool.
Trump pushed alternate cures, but agreed, he was key in this disaster.