In the moment and in the immediate aftermath of the speech, the judgments were as harsh as at any time in Trump’s presidency. Government officials were forced to correct the mistakes Trump made in describing the travel ban he was imposing. This is a crisis not of the president’s making, but Trump has become the government’s least credible leader in the response to it. But before he gets to that confrontation, he must deal with the threats posed to the country by the deadly coronavirus. “This is just a temporary moment of time that we will overcome together as a nation and as a world,” Trump said from the Oval Office on Wednesday night.

Source: Washington Post March 12, 2020 15:37 UTC