I'd agree that it looks like being a severe test of his leadership.
You also need to read the article with the understanding that the publishers haven't had a positive word to say about Trump in four years.
You also need to read the article in terms of the massive cuts he made to the Centre for Disease Control - because in his words he didn't see the point of all those highly paid experts on staff just waiting around doing nothing. If you consciously run down science, environment and health eventually it will come back to bite you.
The stock market is tanking already - one of his claims for success. If Corona's impact continues to increase it will get worse.
The other interesting point is that given poor peoples lack of access to health care and the Administration's policy that people must paid to be tested we'll have large numbers of the poor just staying home, not getting tested or treated. Recipe for total disaster.
If the economy blows up and thousands of poor people die, that's a big problem for him. Not that I care what happens to him of course.
Vote for an anti-intellectual, anti-science, anti-truth, anti-reason, dim-witted populist and this is what you will get.
