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White House’s Pandemic Preparedness Office Has A Remarkably Tiny Team
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"As recently as 2024, the Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy had 15 employees.
In 2026, it has two."
The Republican administration was briefed on the document during Trump’s first year in the White House, but the playbook was, as Politico reported, “thrown onto a shelf” and forgotten about.
Trump’s second term offered an opportunity to learn from those mistakes.
Steve Benen reports for MS NOW's Maddowblog July 28, 2026.