![]() "And one little piece of the world goes bad, and the whole thing is messed up.” “These stupid supply chains that are all over the world - we have a supply chain where they’re made in all different parts of the world,” Trump said in the interview with Fox Business Network. Trump had complained about supply chains in a television interview that aired before he left Washington for the trip to Owens and Minor Inc. “My goal is to produce everything America needs for ourselves and then export to the world, including medicines.” “Wouldn’t that be nice?” Trump said Thursday during a visit to a Pennsylvania distributor of medical equipment. His comments came the same day a whistleblower told Congress the Trump administration had failed to properly prepare for the current pandemic. – President Donald Trump says he intends to prepare for future pandemics by replenishing the national stockpile and bringing manufacturing of critical supplies and equipment back to the U.S. How on earth is this happening in the greatest nation in the world?"įEMA documents released Thursday by the House Oversight Committee showed states in the mid-Atlantic getting what Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., called a "tiny fraction" of the equipment requested.Īccording to the documents about equipment requests from Delaware, Washington, D.C., Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia, the states requested: In a CNN interview Friday morning, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio asked for more supplies and medical personnel and said, "We can only get to Monday or Tuesday at this point. ![]() While states are doing all we can to secure access to these items, the federal government must take extraordinary steps to deliver what we need," they wrote. "There simply aren’t enough test kits, medical supplies and other lifesaving equipment to meet the scope of this pandemic. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, and Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican, wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post last Monday asking the federal government to step up and help the states. Want to talk more about politics?: Join our Facebook group: ‘Across the Aisle, Across the Nation.’ State and local governments have voiced concerns about shortages of personal protective equipment for health care workers like masks and gowns. Some have insatiable appetites & are never satisfied (politics?). In a series of tweets Thursday, the president said, "Massive amounts of medical supplies, even hospitals and medical centers, are being delivered directly to states and hospitals by the Federal Government. Trump has been on the defensive about what some governors and mayors have called a slow delivery of supplies to combat the coronavirus pandemic. "Does anyone know any federal Americans? Where do they live? How many are there? Are they nice? Why do they need some much protective gear and ventilators," quipped Joe Lockhart, former press secretary for President Bill Clinton.įormer White House ethics chief Walter Shaub pointed out that the website of the Strategic National Stockpile points to its potential use by state and local governments. The federal stockpile is reserved for all Americans living in our states, not just federal employees. ![]() More: Trump hasn't ordered any ventilators from GM, despite saying he was using wartime powers to force production More: Americans support drastic efforts to stop coronavirus, expect crisis to last for months in Public Agenda/USA TODAY/Ipsos poll "When you have governors saying that the federal government hasn't given them what they need, I would encourage you to ask them, have you looked within your state to make sure you haven't been able to find the resources?" he continued.
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