Trump, Coronavirus, and China

A sailor treats a patient aboard the hospital ship USNS Mercy, which was deployed to serve as a referral hospital for non-CCP virus patients currently admitted to shore-based hospitals, in Los Angeles, Calif., on March 29, 2020. U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Erwin Jacob Miciano/Handout via Reuters

Commentary

If there’s one thing I’ve learned about President Donald Trump over the past three years, it’s that when he says seemingly outrageous things, he’s often right. Case in point: Back on Aug. 23, 2019, the president invoked a 1977 law to order U.S. companies to—as he wrote on Twitter—“immediately start looking for an alternative to China.”