There was nothing the president could have done that he hasn't.
He could have started by 1. Not cutting CDC funding and staffing the past few years, 2. not putting someone in charge of the nation's response (freakin PENCE) who doesnt believe in science and saw a huge AIDS epidemic in his home state because he was refusing to allow clean-needle programs until he went home to "mother" (which is what that creep show calls his wife) and prayed, 3. Not put a loser in charge of the CDC who wrote a book about how AIDS victims are sinners, who had previously tried to get the job under Bush and Bush rightly told him to beat it and 4. not lying to the American people over and over about the severity of the problem (see below).
Dump, the guy went on national TV in a primetime address and stated there would be a trade embargo with all of Europe - immediate halt on all goods for 30 days. Then afterwards his advisors had to come out and say he actually meant the exact opposite. That kind of incompetence, in that situation, is truly remarkable.
I am not surprised you are one of the many putting your over-the-top hatred of Democrats ahead of what is good for this country. Having this guy in charge during a true emergency is the worst thing we could have asked for. He has been wrong every step of the way.
"The numbers will go way down". Wrong
"Anyone who wants a test can get a test". Wrong - see Fauci's testimony yesterday.
"It's like the flu". Wrong - see Fauci's testimony the day before
"People get better by going to work". Wrong (said on his butt buddy Hannity's show).
"I am a stable genius". WAY WAY WRONG.
I've been a registered Republican my whole life. Was a campus volunteer for the McCain campaign - and for those that dont remember supporting Obama's opponent on a college campus was a lonely place. I'd vote for a monkey in a suit before I vote for Trump. Trump and his blind, biased supporters have done irreparable harm to the Republican party and more importantly the country. Biden is going to win in a landslide and they have nobody but themselves to blame.
This is the only post I'm going to make on politics, because one thing I've found being involved in the political world is that Trump supporters are the biggest snowflakes of all. They can do nothing but name call and deflect. Kind of like their hero.