Just Jared

My poker career would be brief and tragic, so I'll hold on to my bluff. This post is mostly about Jared, but not only about him.

The New York Times is reporting that Jared's involvement in the coronavirus response is creating all kinds of management complications. There's the problem of whether Jared is effective at all, and there's the standard problem of disorganization in the Trump Administration. There's the reporting side, and there's columnist Michelle Goldberg's take.

But let Jared speak for himself. He did yesterday.

Here's Jared on depleted supplies. The video was posted via Twitter:

The notion of the federal stockpile was it's supposed to be our stockpile. It's not supposed to be states stockpiles that they then use.

First, this is a terrible way to handle a crisis. But second, it's fucking wrong on a legal basis.  Former White House ethics officer Walter Schaub replied:

It is for the American people...as the federal government's OWN strategic national stockpile website assures us!

And here's Jared doing what Jared does best: taking a full minute to say absolutely nothing (also via Twitter.)

I did say it wasn't all about Jared. This is our leadership. Asked why we haven't stopped air and train travel, Trump said that wasn't necessary. After all (he said), we're checking temperatures on everyone who boards. Welp. (1) That's a lie: we're not checking people. And (2) it shows how little Trump understands the virus: you can be highly contagious with no symptoms. This is serious.