I thought that Trump in the press conference gave a completely inadequate performance for the "leader of the free world".
He came across as confused, inarticulate and overwhelmed by events. As soon as he went slightly off the written script he could barely string two words together.
I was also concerned that 80% of the content was about how they were going to improve testing, and almost nothing about how they would treat those infected or needing hospitalisation.
By comparison to the UK and some other European nations it was a woefully inadequate response to the gravity of the problem facing us.
Whether the UK has got the reponse right I don't know (there's a lot we don't know about the dynamics of the virus) - but it is based on credible medical and scientific advice.
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