The U.S. likes to think of itself as the world leader. We should hold ourselves to that standard. "Other countries" such as South Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan were conducting widespread testing while the U.S. was and still is not.
More importantly, the U.S. could and should have provided global leadership as it did for the 2014 Ebola outbreak.
> The U.S. likes to think of itself as the world leader.
Yeah, we in the rest of the world is very aware of that and frankly a bit tired of it. But my grief about that is nowhere as big as South American or countries in the middle east.
> the U.S. could and should have provided global leadership
Realistically, I don't don't think the US would be able to provide global leadership. Your leaders were denying that this outbreak was even real and the person responsible for the containment is a person who believes prayers can actually solve things. So I don't think anyone is expecting the US to have any real play on the world scene today.
When I wrote "we in the rest of the world is very aware of that and frankly a bit tired of it" I wasn't referring to any particular person, could be Trump, could be Clinton or could be Obama. No one except the US wants the US to keep playing world police/leader.
This is the time to work together, not for one country to be the leader.
I want the U.S to be the best global partner it can in fighting this pandemic and that’s impossible under its current leadership. Leadership doesn't mean telling the rest of the world what to do or being its cop. Leadership means the sorts of things outlined here:
More importantly, the U.S. could and should have provided global leadership as it did for the 2014 Ebola outbreak.