WTF is thebulwark.com LOL. Scraping the bottom of the barrel for that one wally! LOL.
uhhh... it's actually a conservative leaning website that formed after the demise of the Weekly Standard. It certainly isn't Trump supporting given its principal commentators are openly and adamantly right-wing 'never-Trumpers' - but it has a developing and respected conservative aligned following. It's a shame you couldn't actually address the linked article itself!
I'm not saying Trump hasn't screwed up the US response, I've been criticizing both he and the Trudeau gov's response. I'm saying there's many other factors. Trump also doesn't control whether states decide to test or not, though he can put some pressure on them to do so, which it looks like he totally whiffed on.
pandemic response must be coordinated and driven by federal/national oversight - requiring key visible leadership that the public/media has confidence in. Notwithstanding the current mish-mash of differing and uncoordinated U.S. State level responses, State borders aren't a pandemic barrier - ya think!
you speak of "many other factors" but... somehow... can't manage to identify them, let alone even speak to their (in your mind) presumptive influences. Don't, as you say, scrape the bottom of your personal unsubstantiated barrel, step-up and go beyond yet another of your drive-by's! Sure you can...