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"Respirators, ventilators, all of the equipment — try getting it yourselves,” Trump told the governors during a conference call

Loudninja

Loudninja

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Oct 27, 2017
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Oh yeah its that just that easy dumbass.

Posted By Plinko

President Trump told a group of governors Monday morning that they should not wait for the federal government to fill the growing demand for respirators needed to help people diagnosed with coronavirus.

"Respirators, ventilators, all of the equipment — try getting it yourselves," Mr. Trump told the governors during the conference call, a recording of which was shared with The New York Times.

"We will be backing you, but try getting it yourselves. Point of sales, much better, much more direct if you can get it yourself."

The suggestion surprised some of the governors, who have been scrambling to contain the outbreak and are increasingly looking to the federal government for help with equipment, personnel and financial aid.

Mr. Trump used much of the call to repeat the same upbeat rhetoric he has offered in public, assuring the governors: "We're going to get it remedied and hopefully very quickly."
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Indy in the Fridge

Indy in the Fridge

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Hero_of_the_Day

Hero_of_the_Day

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Isn't it great that we have the dumbest, most incompetent mother fucker ever leading the country during the biggest crisis of our lifetime?
 
sangreal

sangreal

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"I don't take responsibility for anything" - President Donald J. Trump

Don't say he didn't warn you
 
subrock

subrock

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it would be better if there were some sort of multi-state organization that could acquire these types of things and assign them based on need. Call it something like, I dunno, a "federal government"
 
MagicDoogies

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Oct 31, 2017
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Not even surprised. Its completely expected of him. I too would wonder why they would even wait for the feds to help them out here.
 
thefro

thefro

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Oct 25, 2017
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It's crazy that we're not retooling manufacturing lines to make this stuff ASAP (and facemasks).

Or even revive this
news.mit.edu

In the World: Breath of life

Low-cost portable ventilator could be a lifesaver for people in remote locations and for hospitals in the developing world.
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Brannon

Brannon

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Oct 25, 2017
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Is it normal to be incomprehensible angry at the moronic bloodfuckers that voted for this guy this far in?
 
fragamemnon

fragamemnon

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To be fair-many blue state governors would have a better relationship with Chinese suppliers than the federal government would, and can buy things without running into the administration's red tape and incomptence.

The only way we all get out of this is by paying the Chinese so much money for their medical equipment and goods that they are willing to go through the crazy and expensive measures to make them while keeping their own virus situation contained. Retooling western factories is not productive-we have don't have general purpose manufacturing here, everything is fit for very specific purposes. Meanwhile, China is all about rapid retooling of lines and blazing fast time to market, it's what's driven their economic miracle.
 
BWoog

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"We must put aside partinsanship....No you, not me. I'll endlessly bitch about everything, even during the worst times."
 
Aaronrules380

Aaronrules380

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Oct 25, 2017
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Steel said:
He also said that the equivalent of the graph on the left is better than the one on the right (that the "optimistic" scenario is for the peak to be in a month rather than 3)
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Absolutely disgusting, but not surprising. As president he probably doesn't need to worry about not having priority in a hospital even in the first situation and he doesn't give a shit about other people dying, so the situation being done quicker is better in his eyes because he's better off even if the country isn't
 
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