On the recordMarch 17, 2020
President Trump, at this point, is the Herbert Hoover of his generation. There is a massive national crisis going on and he is consistently late and very, you know, marginal in what he does.
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Bill de Blasio criticizes President Trump's response to the coronavirus crisis, comparing him to Herbert Hoover.
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