https://www.dailywire.com/news/klavan-le...o-to-waste

"...In the current WuFlu crisis, the problem for the Trump-is-an-idiot crowd is that when you step back a bit — and when you subtract his clumsy statements and the usual government missteps in any crisis — the guy has been right about almost everything. Uncontrolled migration, globalization, and the Chinese supply chain — everything Trump has tried to rectify — are precisely what make flus like this so dangerous....


In the leftist New York Times, leftist writer Farhad Manjoo wrote an op-ed headlined, “Everyone’s a Socialist in a Pandemic.” With the subhead: “Companies and lawmakers are suddenly realizing the value of a strong social safety net. Let’s hope they don’t forget when the crisis passes.”

But no, let’s hope they do forget. A crisis taps into the skills of experts and authorities in the same way a toothache taps into the skills of dentists. But just because you need a filling, doesn’t mean the dentist should run your life.

In normal times, experts and authorities can be the biggest buffoons of all. They don’t know what they don’t know and they can’t do what they think they can. They gum up the works with an excess of caution. “Wash your hands every time you pet your dog.” “Wear a helmet when you jog.” They drastically underestimate the extent and use of their expertise....


Guys like Obama who think they can play three–dimensional chess with the whole planet make a mess out of everything — as indeed he did. Guys like Trump who just want to clean up the neighborhood have taken on as much as government can handle.

So let’s let this crisis go to waste. Let the government have its day. And when this is over, put that power-hungry sucker right back in the Constitutional box where it belongs."