Tim Morrison:
“ It is true that the Trump administration has seen fit to shrink the NSC staff. But the bloat that occurred under the previous administration clearly needed a correction. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, congressional oversight committees and members of the Obama administration itself all agreed the NSC was too large and too operationally focused (a departure from its traditional role coordinating executive branch activity). As The Post reported in 2015, from the Clinton administration to the Obama administration’s second term, the NSC’s staff “had quadrupled in size, to nearly 400 people. That is why Trump began streamlining the NSC staff in 2017.”
Indeed.
Never allow a crisis to go to waste.
The blame for the Chinese virus is with the Chinese who failed to contain it, lied about its origins and failed to accept the help from the US. health professionals will from the US.
Earl, that's a lame excuse, seeing that the dangers and severity of covid-19 was known back in January, and if you need to be reminded; remember how Fox News(Fake News) and Trump downplayed the covid-19 thread.