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Trump Feels No Need for Crisis Counsel From Predecessors

Associated Press

   WASHINGTON - President George W. Bush turned to one of the world's most
   exclusive clubs for help raising money after an Indian Ocean tsunami
   killed more than 200,000 people in 2004.

   He paired his father, George H.W. Bush, and the man who defeated him to
   win the presidency in 1992, Bill Clinton. It worked so well that he
   signed the duo up again after Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans
   less than a year later.

   President Barack Obama followed the same playbook and sent Clinton and
   the younger Bush off on a fundraising effort for Haiti after a
   devastating earthquake in 2010.

   Not President Donald Trump, who has no plans to seek his predecessors'
   counsel during the coronavirus pandemic, a complex crisis with profound
   public health and economic consequences.

   "No, not really. We're doing a great job," Trump said recently when
   asked if he would contact any of the living former presidents.

   Even in the face of the greatest challenge of his presidency, Trump has
   expressed confidence in his team, and said he didn't want to "bother"
   the former presidents. He added that he would reach out if he thought
   he could learn from them.

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