The lack of testing to me is the biggest failure of the pandemic. I’m not sure who to blame. Ultimately Trump, but what happened at the CDC? I feel like Trump trusted them too much, and they screwed up.
I think you are right.
As for the CDC/FDA Trump was to be damned if he did, and damned if he didn’t follow their advice and direction - they are the designated experts in the “health and disease” branch of the deep state. Either way the media was set to blame Trump.
I think he will be O.K.
He avoided a nasty public fights with some big federal agencies, with all their minions and their millions of true believers in them.
ONCE the outbreak has ebbed, and the nation gets back to work, THEN and only then Trump needs to fire some folks.