I don't believe a few more executive branch beaurocrats would make any difference in the response to this. It's also interesting that people think somehow the last administration would have been able to ramp up testing for a previously unknown virus any faster. The legendary Dr. Fauci indicated that the previous system for testing, which could have been improved during the SARS, MERS, Swine Flu or other previous outbreaks, never was streamlined and was not designed for this situation. Trump says and tweets stupid shit, no doubt. But he also got an entirely new test assay approved by the FDA in 72 hours and created an alliance with the private sector in a week to handle the testing. Do you really think a traditional government insider as President would have done that as quickly? As someone who worked more than a decade in Pharma, the FDA approval timeline for the test approval was unprecedented. Another note for the people who are hysterical that everyone needs to be tested; in South Korea, of those displaying symptoms that were tested, only 3 to 4% tested positive. That means 96 to 97% had the flu, the common cold or other seasonal viruses. In addition, if I understood the statement correctly, the new test developed here found that samples used to validate the new test showed only a 1 to 2% positive rate. That means that the tests used elsewhere in the world may have had double the false-positive rate as this test. This is a big deal if we test 100 million people ... i.e. 1 to 2 million unnecessary people quarantined. Look, I understand people have political hot-buttons that cause hatred for this guy; the same went for the last guy. I think you have to take what politicians say with a huge lump of salt. As with all people, actions matter more than talk. That's especially important now. Even if you hate his policies, the fact is that Trump has a bias for action and he is not a career politician. That means he takes a business approach to solving problems. Even those who embrace big government need to consider that this may be an advantage for the country in this instance.