He minimized deaths based on your Dr. Fauci's projection model. The rest is really up to governors to contain their own states and mayors to contain their own cities.
Where COVID cases surge tend to be is in liberal areas. Take a look at Texas. The governor is conservative but the highest cases are in Harris County, which leans liberal. In MN it is Hennepin County, super liberal.
IN OTHER WORDS, LIBERALS WITH THEIR MASK MANDATES AND LOCKDOWN ORDERS HAVE DONE CRAP TO SLOW THE SPREAD OF COVID. INEFFECTIVE!
What exactly has Donald Trump done to minimize Covid 19? And please be very specific about it.
Here's what I know and these are facts.
1. When the Virus first hit US shores, he downplayed and disregarded warning from Scientists and Doctors on the impact it would have.
2. He suggested injecting people with bleach or alcohol to fight COVID 19.
3. He refuses to wear a mask and often attended rallies where his supporters refuses to wear masks.
4. Ironically, the idiot and his family caught the virus.
To your second point. Is he not the president of the USA? If there was a fire at your house, would you tell your kids to go to their rooms and put them fire out themselves? As president, one of his jobs is to protect health and safety of our people. He's the reason why the democrats are enforcing lockdowns. Had he responded, had he put together a national plan on how to handle this, we would not need the dam lockdown.
And to your last point... California is pretty liberal, in fact I would say it's the most liberal state in the union with an ultra liberal governor. How do you explain them getting COVID under control? Is it not surging as your statement indicated.