Isn't It OK to Blame Individuals for Catastrophes?

Oria biddle says, in your podcast with neil ferguson. He mentioned the fact that it is easy to place all the blame on individual actors for failures to meet demands during a catastrophe. And ad he opted to emphasize the role of networks and how our lack of native, native vigilance can cause disfunction. However, he seemed to be down playing the role that one man, donald trump material, had in politicizing and therefore swaying the republican response and messaging around the crisis. Is it not valid to blame the spear head as a useful shorthand when trying to trouble shoot, how best not to repeat these same errors?