How Trump Lost Control Of The Coronavirus Pandemic, Told As A Motion Comic

The United States has recorded over 200,000 deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic. Months of an uncontained coronavirus pandemic have left the US in far worse shape than other countries, like South Korea. President Donald Trump tested positive for coronavirus on October 2, 2020.

The US practically invented the playbook of how to confront pandemics. Presidents — like George W. Bush and Barack Obama — worked to ensure that if a pandemic came, there would be an effective plan to respond. Yet while other countries used that playbook, and succeeded in doing what was necessary to get the coronavirus under control, the Trump administration threw out the plan.

To help Americans understand precisely what went wrong, Insider hired the comics creators Anthony Del Col and Josh Adams to depict the Trump administration's course of action that put America into this position.

Editor's note: The first person officially diagnosed with coronavirus in South Korea was a 35-year-old Chinese woman, not a South Korean woman as stated in the video. Insider regrets the error.

Read the full events in comic form, and find a comprehensive list of sources underpinning the factual events depicted in the story here:

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How Trump Lost Control Of The Coronavirus Pandemic, Told As A Motion Comic

[SA-nuso]

Why is no one talking about how ironic it is that Trump disbanded the “pandemic response team” 2 years ago and the pandemic came after him

[QuestionEverythingButWHY]

"The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence."
--Charles Bukowski

[dr.diggle]

Saddest part is that people will still believe Trump and his administration didn't do anything wrong.

[damonmont]

Who’s here before this comes up in your recommend in 7 years?

[kwame]

We Americans are great at everything in movies. Real life, not so much.

[riexrickgaming]

"Its going to disappear one day, like miracle, it will disappear"

Yeah, after all of you died by it

[reinerbraun]

2005: if we wait for a pandemic to appear, lives would be needlessly lost.

2021: 600, 000 dead and counting.

[anestamtam]

I like the art style, it seems like a comic book

[cuteanas]

The future generations will study the US mishandling of the coronavirus as a cautionary tale.

[bopibopibobopibo]

who's after america became the worst affected country AGAIN

[gamma]

THERE WAS A WHOLE ASS PROCEDURE FOR A PANDEMIC AND HE REMOVED IT???? BRUH

[cloudchaser]

“Step over a dollar to pick up a dime.” When someone wants to save money now, but later the price will be much more.

[djrios]

LMAO they even put the tanlines around Trump's eyes

[helloimr]

"It will miraculously go away" to "I always knew it was a pandemic, even before it was called one" God the audacity

[Realrat]

Kids in 20 years will have to study this and will laugh at how bad Trump handled the outbreak

[sawyers]

I still can't believe half of the country voted for him again.

[s.m.mclaughlin]

I think in about 15 years, people will tell there kids saying, ”Hahah I can’t believe I lived through that year.”

[michaeljohn]

Absolutely brilliant portrayal of Trump's Incompetence. Cheers from Michael. Australia.

[apcck]

Guys stop commenting facts




I can’t like them all

[RodrigorReyes]

aMeRiCa iS tHe bEsT cOuNtRy iN tHe wOrLd.

Okay uncle jerry