This is the Tom Hartman program.

And greetings, my friends, patriots, lovers of democracy, truth and justice,

believers in peace, freedom, and justice.

Believers in peace, freedom, and the American way.

Tom Hartman here with you.

And boy, what a remarkable day.

Several new studies and models now suggest that if Donald Trump had simply declared a

national state of emergency largely shutting down the country a few weeks

earlier than he actually did that tens of thousands perhaps a majority of the people who have died

would not have died. I mean he certainly had the information available to him.

Back in November the federal government was warning Israel if this was coming.

In December, they were producing reports and setting them to the White House.

In January, he was getting explicit warnings.

In fact, Peter Navarro, his trade advisor,

sent him a rather detailed outline

of exactly what was going to happen.

But the problem is that Donald Trump doesn't read.

There's a piece in the New York Times about this,

the frustrations that the people in the intelligence community

have in briefing him.

He won't read briefings.

He will look at pictures.

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