//If the coronavirus fight is a “war,” Trump has been a disastrous commander in chief

If the coronavirus fight is a “war,” Trump has been a disastrous commander in chief

President Donald Trump salutes a US Marine as he prepares to board Marine One to depart from the White House on January 9, 2020, in Washington, DC.  | Mark Wilson/Getty Images

Some say Trump is the worst “wartime president” ever.

Trump has framed the fight against the coronavirus as a war against an “invisible enemy.” But if this is a war, Trump has been a disastrous commander in chief.

He’s offered the nation no real plan to defeat the coronavirus. He continually undercuts the authority of his “generals” in this war — top health officials like Dr. Anthony Fauci who are critical to the war’s success. He’s failed to give his front-line troops — the doctors, nurses, and hospital staff working to treat and save coronavirus patients — the vital equipment they need. And he’s done little to bring the country together to support