Wrong. He gave the governors the political cover they needed to do what they did to us.
The buck stops with the President, no?
Flashback:
Trump issues ‘Coronavirus Guidelines’ for next 15 days to slow pandemic
And then he EXTENDED it another 30 days, which turned into "indefinitely."
Flashback:
Some of us are business owners ourselves and were keeping a close eye on all of these mandates and restrictions from the start. In an environment where a nation of pathetic sheep -- including lots of them right here on this website that calls itself FREE Republic -- were clamoring for the Federal government to "do something" even though it had no legal power to do much at all, Trump did exactly what I expected him to do (and I said so right here on FR many times in the spring of 2020).
None of those "guidelines" had any force of law. I made a point of doing business as if no restrictions were in place, despite all kinds of scolding from a bunch of losers right here on FR. And my company had the best year ever in 2020 -- and did even better in 2021.
The governors and mayors who imposed those restrictions and lockdowns -- along with the business leaders who were complicit in that fiasco -- own that sh!t from top to bottom.
By late 2021 I had relocated my home and business to protect myself from totalitarian government restrictions. And I didn't have to leave the U.S. to do it.