And the president shut down the China air traffic four days later

“Red Dawn” emails documenting how everybody who was knowledgeable about pandemic threats knew by 1/28, even as Trump kept on comparing the novel coronavirus to the flu up to March 9th – example:

Menzie is barking up the wrong tree.  

Trump was aware of the risk and likely hedged his bet just enough to keep the Menzies off his back.  Menzie is chasing a prior, while Trump is well trained in shutting down those priors.