Trump has been on both sides of the states' rights argument

When it comes to states' rights, President Donald Trump is all over the map. “After seeing Trump in the White House for three-and-a-half years, anyone expecting to find classical ideological consistency is bound to be mistaken," said Andrew J. Polsky, a professor of political science at Hunter College. For months now as he has tried to skirt responsibility for the nation's flawed response to the coronavirus, Trump has put the onus on states, first to acquire supplies like protective gear and testing agents and then to scale testing and contact tracing.