Yes, Trump DID lock you down.

Trump allowed Fauci and Gates to take the lead on pandemic response, flipping the script from the standard American 'protect the weak/personal responsibility' to Fauci/Gates Orwellian 'test/trace/isolate/vaccinate'


Trump, Fauci, Birx started pushing the stay-home/social-distance/avoid groups/avoid indoor public places guidelines four days before Gavin Newsom became the first governor to lock down a state.


Thread: Let us never forget: It was Trump who shut down the economy


Additionally he personally praised Gavin Newsom for locking down his state(CA, the first), and taking "strong, bold steps". Essentially signaling to every other public official seeking guidance.

(Source: March 20th White House Briefing)



Several weeks later, at the peak of lockdowns, Gavin(of all people)commends Trump on his response and they become pals:


'Gavin Newsom goes from resistance leader to unwitting Trump surrogate'

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who spent his first year in office being a thorn in President Donald Trump’s side, is now a breakout star in the president’s reelection campaign.

[link to www.politico.com (secure)]


Since everyone fell for that psy-op, they now go further and act as though Trumps response wasn't dystopic enough.

And Trump allows all of it because he is the swampiest swamp to ever swamp.