I recently stumbled on an article from April 13 that claimed all the hubub about the virus in the media was to make the president look bad. Seriously good leadership in times like these isn't rocket science. And they can't manage that.

Well, my point isn't to let Trump and his gang off the hook. I'm no fan of them. But this article strikes me as a hit piece, not an objective bit of editorializing.

>And let's not forget how the Trump administration persecuted a carrier captain for protecting the crew after finding out the epidemic was spreading within the ship.

Those Navy personnel volunteered to potentially kill foreigners on government orders and to give up some of their civil rights at least for the duration of their service. It's one thing if some of them wanted to endanger military security for the sake of letting the wider public know about abuses - which is what Snowden did, and is something that I support. It's another thing if people who volunteered to potentially kill people on government orders want to endanger military security just to try to save their own lives.

> Those Navy personnel volunteered to potentially kill

Completely irrelevant and ridiculous point.

The job of a captain is to a)protect the crew and keep them healthy, and b) keep the boat operational. You cannot have none of those if you have an epidemic raging through your ranks.