As the number of infected grows exponentially, health care workers are suffering from a shortage of items like masks, respirators, and gloves. America, which claims to be the richest country in the world, is seeing its first line of defense reusing single-use masks and donning trash bags in a desperate effort to stay protected. This has caused many of us to wonder: how could we have been so unprepared for this? We were prepared. We had tons of stockpiles of medical equipment set aside for just such a crisis. But Trump and his administration sent all of our supplies to China.