When Trump announced the ban on entry of people from China the WGO said the ban would not help in stemming the spread of the virus, . The Democrats shouted racism. When the same happened iro visitors from Europe the Governor of New York took him, to Court to try and override the Trump decision,
Now what have we here - the January 2020 statements on the coronavirus all downplayed the issue and on statement even said that human-to-human transmission is not a problem.
Trump issued the China ban at the end of January and the howls in the media were endless. You claimed that Trump had Security Sector reports on the virus and did not act on it, What should he take action on? The media and the DP will have a fit if he acted on anything not recommended by the WHO, The WHO declared the virus a pandemic only I think on 11 March 2020.
Now you have two issues here if Trump followed the WHO advice - the alleged Security Sector advice would fall by the wayside, The same apply to if he followed the Security Sector advice and the WHO advice would have been negated,. With the bunch of China-bribed Democrat Leadership lot? what do you think he should have done under the circumstances?
Legally the responsibility as to lock downs rests with the Governors and not the President, Now lets put it in perspective - the Governor of California panicked and contacted Trump. After a discussion with Trump he thanked Trump publically for the assistance given by the Federal Government and declared a lock down. What did the Governor of New York do? Aside from taking Trump to Court on the issue he did squat and the situation now is that 40% of the deaths in the USA are in New York, Eventually after the problem struck New York with at least 2 000 deaths Fredo Cuomo declared a lock down. Could Trump overrule the NY Governor and declare a lockdown in New York? Perhaps - but the matter would have ended up in the US Supreme Court and any implementation would have been delayed, Who of Trump or Cuomo is to be blamed for the massive death tole in New York.
Another simple question is what could Trump do other than he did? Before looking at that answer look at the Federal Constitution please,