The Trump administration basically took $300 million from the CDC during a global pandemic so they could make feel-good ads with Dennis Quaid saying Trump did a good job. This at the behest of a hack with no relevant credentials.
“The public awareness campaign, which HHS is seeking to start airing before Election Day on Nov. 3, was largely conceived and organized by Michael Caputo, the health department's top spokesperson... Caputo, who has no medical or scientific background, claimed in a Facebook video on Sept. 13 that the campaign was "demanded of me by the president of the United States. Personally."”