Global Leadership Is in Quarantine Just When It Is Needed Most
![U.S. President Donald J. Trump declares the coronavirus pandemic a national emergency at the White House in Washington, DC, on March 13, 2020.](http://cdn.cfr.org/sites/default/files/styles/slide_3_2/public/image/2020/03/Trump%20Pandemic.webp)
In my weekly column for World Politics Review, I contrast U.S. President Donald J. Trump's unilateral approach to COVID-19 with past presidents' multilateral approaches to global crisis management.
President Donald Trump has been pilloried for jeopardizing thousands of American lives through his delayed domestic response to COVID-19. His failure of global leadership, however, has been equally glaring. Rather than rallying other nations in a collective effort, he has doubled down on his “America First” instincts, as if a purely national approach could defeat a global pandemic. The contrast with his immediate predecessors is stark.
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