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Welcome to the darkest hour of politics! If the coronavirus pandemic has taught us anything, beyond the necessity of maximum care for personal hygiene, it is that the first victim of a pandemic is the leadership of a country. At no time in the past 75 years has the world needed more of a "the only thing to fear is fear itself" moment. And at no time have global leaders been so unable to react. From Beijing to Brussels, from Rome to Washington, London and beyond, politicians have not only failed to rise to the occasion, but have engaged in a dangerous game of denying the reality or minimizing the crisis, which has so far cost thousands of lives, and a concerted response has been delayed.
Although virologists have been Cambodia Telegram Number Data warning for weeks about the outbreak of this epidemic everywhere, political leaders, especially in the West, did very little to stop its spread. Like the virus itself, which scientists have traced to the Chinese city of Wuhan (even the leaders there denied and downplayed the situation for weeks), the most effective political strategy for dealing with the crisis was designed and implemented in China. Read also: Russia is rebuilding capabilities to destabilize Europe, says report; Kosovo is also mentioned "Economist" analysis/ A new order in Europe, who is coming out on top? Few could have expected any inspired leadership from US President Donald Trump, who first dismissed the coronavirus as a "hoax" of Democrats for political consumption, and only days earlier predicted it would disappear "like magic".
Despite the fact that a few days ago he declared a national emergency, followed by not accepting any apology for the lack of preparedness of his government, this moment will be remembered as the moment when the American political leadership touched the bottom. Solidarity with allies? Not at all. Trump imposed a ban on Europeans traveling to the US (a decision he made without even making a courtesy call to EU leaders) in an effort to create a new method of testing for the coronavirus, just to not to use the German one. The irony is that the Trump administration had earlier decided not to use the German model of the coronavirus test approved by the World Health Organization, choosing instead to develop its own version, which has proven unreliable.
Although virologists have been Cambodia Telegram Number Data warning for weeks about the outbreak of this epidemic everywhere, political leaders, especially in the West, did very little to stop its spread. Like the virus itself, which scientists have traced to the Chinese city of Wuhan (even the leaders there denied and downplayed the situation for weeks), the most effective political strategy for dealing with the crisis was designed and implemented in China. Read also: Russia is rebuilding capabilities to destabilize Europe, says report; Kosovo is also mentioned "Economist" analysis/ A new order in Europe, who is coming out on top? Few could have expected any inspired leadership from US President Donald Trump, who first dismissed the coronavirus as a "hoax" of Democrats for political consumption, and only days earlier predicted it would disappear "like magic".
Despite the fact that a few days ago he declared a national emergency, followed by not accepting any apology for the lack of preparedness of his government, this moment will be remembered as the moment when the American political leadership touched the bottom. Solidarity with allies? Not at all. Trump imposed a ban on Europeans traveling to the US (a decision he made without even making a courtesy call to EU leaders) in an effort to create a new method of testing for the coronavirus, just to not to use the German one. The irony is that the Trump administration had earlier decided not to use the German model of the coronavirus test approved by the World Health Organization, choosing instead to develop its own version, which has proven unreliable.