Even as President Trump ordered General Motors Friday to begin manufacturing ventilators, the president’s broader strategy to get desperately needed medical supplies to hospitals and doctors across the country remained shrouded in uncertainty.
“We need ... supplies for healthcare workers and for communities,” said Rep. Katie Porter , who has been pressing the administration for details about its supply plan. “Unfortunately, the administration doesn’t appear to have done the work.”On Friday, Trump invoked the Defense Production Act, a Korean War-era law, to order General Motors to begin manufacturing ventilators at one of its auto plants after he had attacked the company on Twitter for not moving more quickly.
The White House, however, hasn’t detailed any broader strategy for addressing shortages of a host of other supplies, including respirator masks, gowns, face shields and other protective equipment.Nick Vyas, executive director for the Marshall’s Center for Global Supply Chain Management at USC, said that the administration should have stepped into the market last month to begin directing supplies. “The time to act was four weeks ago,” he said.
But the law also gives federal agencies the authority to place orders for critical materials and can give selected orders a higher priority than orders from private-sector companies or state and local governments.
Trump only cares about trump and $$$
Trumpers are all traitors and the ones in charge have weathered virus and Ebola thru Obama and now we are all gonna get sick and die in USA because our leader is ill and. All the people around him don't care either one more sarcastic remark from smellyanne conway or watch trump
Easy to criticize, hard to act. That is Media's approach.
the people behind trump in the photo need their notepad and pencils out !
Nothing can Stop what's about to happen Nothing
El segundo fake news
Trump doesn't know the meaning of the word 'plan'.
Trump and his administration are simply incompetent, lacking integrity, honesty, experience, compassion and leadership
Stop the FAKE NEWS
Donald Trump can leverage shortages for grift, for personal advantage, for re-election. He's that kind of ass hat.
There was a plan, but he dismantled it.
You think it could be that he’s unfit to be President & has no clue how to distribute?
Neither have our statand local officials.
What's wrong with this picture?
Trump admin is working it in so many ways.
CNN Downplayed Swine Flu Under Obama, Went Gonzo On Wuhan Flu Under Trump In 2009, CNN casually covered the Swine flu pandemic under Obama. In 2020, CNN started lambasting Trump in its coronavirus coverage. Much the same, or worse, here at the LAT's.
he just other virus 🦠 realDonaldTrump get rid from the bottom Vote any wanna be but skip Donote he just big mess
Joe Biden dodges a question about the Obama-Biden Administration's failure to replenish the Strategic National Stockpile of N95 respirator masks after the 2009 swine flu, despite warnings from experts.
“We need ... supplies for healthcare workers and for communities,” said Rep. Katie Porter (D-Irvine), who has been pressing the administration for details about its supply plan.' Call up your co-legislatures and Jerry Brown, lady. Obama & Feinstein also
Watch these dangerous lying idiots. Reminds us of Mayor Nagin (is he out of jail yet) & Gov Blanco trying to blame Pres Bush for their failure to prepare, warn and to respond. The citizens of LA, never bought into that crap. Mayor's job. Mass murderer.
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Davidlaz He plans on watching TV and tweeting. He thinks that’s what his job is.
Sounds pretty typical. I can’t believe he is a candidate for next term or Joe Biden the kiddy toucher. 🤦🏻♀️ We are truly fucked.
Isn't the responsibility of local & state officials to have had a sufficient number of supplies on hand why does everyone rely on the Federal Govt for so much? Stop blaming someone else for the failure of others.
Oh stop it LAT's. How about the 50 states? Do they all have plans to get supplies out? Didn't you read your own articles in recent days? 'California once had mobile hospitals and a ventilator stockpile. But it dismantled them
Who’s going to get that money,you right !! his friends
When a president causes deaths ,isn't this a reason for him to be removed ?He is a Mass Murderer
Our tax money is going to these ungrateful
The media is a complete failure
It’s called coordinate, not dominate.
Trump couldn’t find his way out of a paper bag. You mean Pence.
As long as those $1200 checks go out to his redneck supporters, all is well in Trumpville.
That whole bunch applauding shows exactly who that 2 trillion is for. Them. Not ppl USA.
Sure he has
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