For German observers, proves the extent of the Corona-crisis and the massive Death toll in the United States, the failure of the President. Trump, who was on Thursday in a two-hour press conference from the White house for the next few days with recommendations to Wear face masks, but not a strict arrangement in view, have ignored for too long the dangers, much too late, and finally, in fact, always the Wrong decision.
The “daily mirror” sees Donald Trump “completely overwhelmed”. The “daily show” situates him “in the fog of post-fact”. The President was not in the to deal with the pandemic overstretched United States, “the only losers”, the “Süddeutsche Zeitung”. And many of the media are outraged, and Trump have bragged on Wednesday at a press conference to Corona that he had just found out that he was the number 1 on Facebook.
Not only Trump negated long the danger
The author of these lines does not have to prove himself as a critic of the President. I’ve been watching trump’s election campaign in 2016 and the first half of the year in the White house from up close, and in my book “Trump, the world is crazy” its Splendor and lies in detail. There is no doubt that Trump has negated the deadly dangers of the current pandemic for far too long. Nevertheless, it would be the Germans advisable to place in the analysis of dealing with Corona less arrogance towards the American President of the day. Because local politicians have underestimated the Virus also too long completely. Ansgar Graw
a historian and a political scientist Ansgar Graw was from 1998 to 2020 for the “world” and “world on Sunday”, including as head of Department of media, from 2009 to 2017 as chief political correspondent in Washington, D.C., and since 2017 as the domestic policy chief reporter in Berlin. The author of successful books (including “Trump crazy the world” and most recently “The Greens are in Power. A critical balance sheet”) since February 2020 editor of “The European”.
it is Also true that Trump has set from the very first day in office, everything, the turn from a hated predecessor, Barack Obama introduced healthcare reform “Obamacare”, which should expand the circle of insured persons, back. And due to a lot of late started Corona-Tests there are in the USA, significantly more Covid-19 infections and a significantly higher number of victims. But in Germany, which is so uncritically proud of its health system, there is also protective suits, and not to mention masks for medical personnel, from the mouth of protection for the population. On Thursday, the Robert-Koch Institute reported, 2,300 Doctors and nurses would have been infected in German hospitals.
The President stopped very early flights from China
On the 30. January, 20 days after the notification of the first death victim in China has been described by the world health organization, WHO, Corona, for the first time as a “public health emergency of international concern”. Already a day later, Washington said each landing of aircraft from China in the United States. Also European airlines such as Lufthansa and British Airways stopped their Connections to the middle Kingdom – but at their own discretion, due to political requirements.
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Trump was probably from the Virus unimpressed. “We will have what comes from China, pretty off,” he explained in a Fox News Interview on may 2. February. 10. February the President about Covid-19 said: “It looks like there would have to be in April past. If it is warmer, it disappears in a miraculous way.“
Also, Spahn saw “no occasion to anxiety”
That was a naive miscalculation. But the German government also remained amazingly calm. Federal health Minister Spahn, said on 29. January, from the Corona Virus’m just a “low” risk: “there is No cause for anxiety or unnecessary alarmism.” A day later, the CDU-politician said the “image,” a Mouth guard is not necessary “because the Virus is via respiratory transferable”. And on the 12. February insured Spahn, in Germany, the situation was “under control”. More to the Coronavirus
aircraft from China, could meanwhile land in Germany. Every week, several Hundred pass flyers were pushed to interact with Clues on disease symptoms in the Hand, but Tests or a fever measurements at the airport it was not. “The world health organization has previously recommended neither travel nor trade restrictions,” said the Federal Ministry of health, the laid back attitude. At the airport of Vienna has, however, been measured since the beginning of February, the temperature entry of the Chinese.
German criticism of the entry of stop-over for flights from Europe
On the 12. March announced Trump in a speech to the Nation an immigration stop for flights from the European Schengen area, he rose three days later to the UK and Ireland. Of a “grotesque appearance” of the President, Olaf Scholz (SPD), Federal Minister of Finance, and the Vice-Chancellor spoke then. Trump think that he can fight off a Virus like that, “like any people, other than US citizenship”. EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and President of the Council, Charles Michel, reacted angrily. Reuters/Sebastien Bozon/AFP/dpa are Already more than a Million people around the world with the Coronavirus
However, a week later, on may 18. March, imposed also by the European Union, an immigration stop for Non-EU citizens, Germany immediately implemented. Already two days before entry were blocking on the borders with five neighboring countries: Austria, Luxembourg, France, Denmark and Switzerland. Nevertheless, the planes from Iran, the second epicenter to China and Italy may, first since 1. April is no longer at German airports to land.
Germany closes schools, New York, pubs
In Germany, it was on 3. In March, the Leipzig book fair cancelled. 10. March is prohibited the provinces of large-scale events. 16. March in Germany were closed schools and nurseries. On the same day, Trump recommended that the waiver of events with more than ten people. In New York City, all catering establishments had to close. Trump has not responded in this Phase, still to be statesman-like. Journalists, who found him rather harmless questions, dismissed it rudely. Also, the President deserves criticism. However, you should remain objective and not follow your instincts, Trump have automatically deserves a rhetorical beating and moral outrage.
the refurbishment of The fact that the German health Minister and other politicians underestimated the danger of Corona long, is entirely without malice and blame. Although the former black-yellow government had already in 2012, the “risk analysis of a ‘pandemic Virus modes-SARS'” through play, what the Bundestag was informed in January 2013 in its print 17/12051, took the risk of apparent no-one seriously enough. Even the virologists disagreed with and disagree with in their assessments and recommendations. It is the essence of such exceptional situations that there is no experience of dealing with them. Therefore, it must be after the crisis, reviewed, what errors were made in the run-up to and from whom. But currently it can not go to blame, but the acceptance that politicians and experts can take in this Situation is the only point of view.
Berlin has attacked Trump first, and then imitate
the same must also be given to the American policy. Trump has been articulate in his typical loud-mouthed kind of sounded different than Spahn and his Cabinet colleagues. But was wrong on both sides. The Trump early had the border closure was attacked by the Germans in the first place and then soon imitated. Germany would therefore be good to end the stuck-up Reasoning-a-vis our allies very quickly.
Oh, Yes: And trump’s assertion on Thursday that he was “number 1 on Facebook,” was on the one hand, as narcissistic as ever and as wrong, as very often (among other things, Obama has more “friends” in the network). But on the other hand, the President responded to a question on a Journalist, whether his many of the Tweets are in this crisis is helpful, what Trump wanted to underline that he reach in the social networks a huge number of followers. It’s not even wrong.
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