Pretty incompetent regarding their responsibility in regard to this pandemic.
But remarkably competent when it comes to securing the votes of the base. For instance, while idiotic liberal TV pundits are saying "well at least he's acknowledging the seriousness of this"

when they hear him predict 250,000 deaths. They are too dense to realize that when the death toll ends up at 150,000 or so...Trump will be taking credit for SAVING 100,000 LIVES.
Competent enough to sell this bullshit to 47% of the country.