So-called Wartime President in action:
Appearing at the daily press briefing of the White House coronavirus task force, the president defended his decision to invoke the Defense Production Act — which would allow the administration to direct U.S. industry to ramp up production of emergency medical provisions — without actually triggering the statute.
“Governors are supposed to be doing a lot of this work, and they are doing a lot of this work,” Trump said. “The Federal government is not supposed to be out there buying vast amounts of items and then shipping. You know, we're not a shipping clerk.”
The president’s remarks amounted to a rebuke of governors’ recent pleas for more robust federal intervention amid the rapidly spreading outbreak, which they warn will soon overwhelm local health care systems if hospital beds, face masks and other necessities are not soon furnished in significantly greater numbers.
Trump said Thursday the administration will “help out wherever we can,” but added that the acquisition of urgent supplies “is really for the local governments, governors and people in the state, depending on the way they divide it up. And they'll do that, and they're doing a very good job of it.”
You gotta be kidding. YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME. In a war, each state doesn’t go out and buy its own B-52’s. Do they?
Our doctors and nurses are out there trying to save lives without the basic sterile equipment that will protect them from the deadly virus. They are going to be putting scarves over their faces in lieu of effective masks.
I’m convinced. This guy is actively trying to kill us.
The governors are crying out for help. The medical establishment is begging for the supplies they need and “president” trump says he is not a SHIPPING CLERK?
OMG.
Nancy can we impeach him again? Please?
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