Oddly enough I disagree. You do raise an interesting point. I told my wife the other day that it's Trumps fault. She asked me what was Trumps fault, wasn't Biden in charge? I told her that it was always Trumps fault, no matter what happened no matter when it happened, likely until the heat death of the universe.
If it wasn't Trumps fault then other people would be forced to take responsibilty. THAT's never going to happen.
RE: Did you really believe them, when they told you the cause?