Trump Transition Team Was Uninterested In Obama Planning To Battle the 'Worst Epidemic Since 1918'

During the transition, Trump cabinet officials and other aides were given a three hour brief and a hypothetical exercise in responding to a global epidemic. Detailed briefing books were prepared by Obama administration officials for scenarios like this and others. They were later found in the trash. As Politico reports, incoming Trump administration officials gave Obama officials a big “meh.” Consequently, coupled with the tremendous turnover during the tumultuous Trump’s presidency, the U.S. was unprepared, by choice, to to meet the challenge of this very real global epidemic that has beleaguered America.