<story><title>California, Oregon and Washington announce western states pact</title><url>https://www.gov.ca.gov/2020/04/13/california-oregon-washington-announce-western-states-pact/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>RandomTisk</author><text>He wanted to shut down travel from China in January, something he got reamed for politically by the media and the left. Damned if you do and all that.</text></item><item><author>danhak</author><text>Yes, he wanted to dodge responsibility for the unpleasant job of shutting things down.  Now he wants to enjoy positive publicity for opening things back up.</text></item><item><author>throwaway_USD</author><text>Ironically Trump refused to &amp;quot;shutdown&amp;quot; the States a decision he deferred to the Governors.</text></item><item><author>aazaa</author><text>Possibly relevant:&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; President Trump tweeted Monday that the &amp;quot;decision to open up the states&amp;quot; following shutdown measures taken to stop the spread of the coronavirus lies with him, not governors.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.axios.com&amp;#x2F;trump-coronavirus-reopening-governors-states-3ce510ff-cd94-4b4a-89b8-58d8bca5d69f.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.axios.com&amp;#x2F;trump-coronavirus-reopening-governors-...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>standardUser</author><text>That is one tiny step in response to a crisis that requires dozens of quick, bold steps. If he gets one point for decisive action and 20 points for delaying, deferring, muddling and contradicting, how much credit has he really earned?</text></comment>
<story><title>California, Oregon and Washington announce western states pact</title><url>https://www.gov.ca.gov/2020/04/13/california-oregon-washington-announce-western-states-pact/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>RandomTisk</author><text>He wanted to shut down travel from China in January, something he got reamed for politically by the media and the left. Damned if you do and all that.</text></item><item><author>danhak</author><text>Yes, he wanted to dodge responsibility for the unpleasant job of shutting things down.  Now he wants to enjoy positive publicity for opening things back up.</text></item><item><author>throwaway_USD</author><text>Ironically Trump refused to &amp;quot;shutdown&amp;quot; the States a decision he deferred to the Governors.</text></item><item><author>aazaa</author><text>Possibly relevant:&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; President Trump tweeted Monday that the &amp;quot;decision to open up the states&amp;quot; following shutdown measures taken to stop the spread of the coronavirus lies with him, not governors.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.axios.com&amp;#x2F;trump-coronavirus-reopening-governors-states-3ce510ff-cd94-4b4a-89b8-58d8bca5d69f.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.axios.com&amp;#x2F;trump-coronavirus-reopening-governors-...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>danhak</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m not able to find examples of that.  Can you point to any mainstream media outlets &amp;quot;reaming&amp;quot; him over that decision?</text></comment>