“‘He has created a leadership climate that stifles the kind of transparency, communication and truth telling that’s required in a crisis like this,’ Michèle Flournoy, the former undersecretary of defense for policy, said of President Trump. ‘What we have learned about pandemic response is that it’s impossible to over-communicate, even with imperfect information. It’s important to be as truthful as possible and communicate as clearly, consistently and as frequently as possible…’”
