From the outset, Trump misled the nation about the imminent danger of a coronavirus outbreak. In February, a month into the epidemic, he was reassuring the public that there was nothing to worry about, that all was under control.

And although he now denies it, Trump is on the record repeatedly underestimating the virus’s contagion, deadliness and disruption.

The question is, why? Why did he insist that the pandemic was under “tremendous control” and that the number of those infected would be brought down to zero?

via The coronavirus crisis: How Trump is failing successfully | USA | Al Jazeera