By this point, if you’re surprised by this, then you’re either willfully ignorant…or in a coma:

Trump ignored advice to tell country the coronavirus pandemic was ‘bad and could get very worse’ in early March: reporthttps://t.co/FKN9MXfipY

— Raw Story (@RawStory) March 29, 2020

According to the report, one White House adviser stated at the time, “If tonight isn’t Trump saying, ‘This is bad and could get very worse, you need to take every precaution necessary,’ then he can kiss a second term goodbye.”

However, the president ignored that advice, with Politico noting, “Instead, the president, in hastily arranged remarks, said he was barring all travel from Europe and promised that health insurers had agreed to cover all coronavirus treatments. Investors panicked — would necessary cargo still be allowed to come into the U.S.? Insurers were taken aback — they had only agreed to cover coronavirus tests, not all treatment.”

And like all experts in his admin, he ignored them to listen to the sniveling little weasels who told him what he wanted to hear, namely that everything was alright and his leadership would be that which saved the nation.