Trump squandered the first few precious months of the pandemic. He downplayed covid’s spread (“It’s going to disappear”) and overstated the government’s capacity to respond to the crisis. His supposed “expert” advisers enabled him, including by providing pseudoscience to prop up his predictions. Meanwhile, Trump mused about treating covid with bleach injections, UV-rays and other unproven and dangerous therapies. Some of his followers adopted his advice, at great harm to themselves. Secretary Clinton would have saved countless lives as President.