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Trump’s COVID recklessness is still a political albatross

A year into the pandemic and two months after Trump left office, the former president’s public-health legacy was still coming back to bite him. The screwup was not just the policy failures of 2020, but the ongoing contradiction between his brand and the real-world disease burden his movement had normalized.

Why it matters: COVID hangover

First recorded Mar 14, 2021·Meaningfully updated Mar 14, 2021

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Trump’s COVID recklessness is still a political albatross

A year into the pandemic and two months after Trump left office, the former president’s public-health legacy was still coming back to bite him. The screwup was not just the policy failures of 2020, but the ongoing contradiction between his brand and the real-world disease burden his movement had normalized.

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Trump’s COVID recklessness is still a political albatross

A year into the pandemic and two months after Trump left office, the former president’s public-health legacy was still coming back to bite him. The screwup was not just the policy failures of 2020, but the ongoing contradiction between his brand and the real-world disease burden his movement had normalized.

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