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Roland99

(53,342 posts)
Tue Jul 14, 2020, 02:55 PM Jul 2020

The Federal PPE Stockpile That Trump Bragged About Is Almost Gone

The Federal PPE Stockpile That Trump Bragged About Is Almost Gonehttps://www.politicususa.com/2020/07/14/the-federal-ppe-stockpile-that-trump-bragged-about-is-almost-gone.html

The federal PPE stockpile was never as great as Trump claimed, but also, Trump gave away part of the federal stockpile to foreign countries as he claimed that the US didn’t and wouldn’t need it.

The President was very wrong.

The administration is claiming that there is plenty of PPE, but doctors and hospitals are telling a much different story about a shortage that is getting worse by the day.

The fall second wave of the virus isn’t even here yet, but Donald Trump has the country in such sorry shape that those treating coronavirus patients don’t have the PPE that they need, even as the president pushes to reopen the country.


Still Obama's fault??

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The Federal PPE Stockpile That Trump Bragged About Is Almost Gone (Original Post) Roland99 Jul 2020 OP
Shortages lead to higher profits... Wounded Bear Jul 2020 #1
So how much money did Kushner make off of the hijacked PPE? Nevilledog Jul 2020 #2
He's been so busy trying to stop investigations, duforsure Jul 2020 #3
Buttery Males !!!! uponit7771 Jul 2020 #4
And he was only sending it to red states! Squinch Jul 2020 #5
But stockpiles of hydroxychloroquine are in great shape! . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2020 #6
Everyone on DU, watch your PPE...trump will walk into our homes and steal our PPE ... SWBTATTReg Jul 2020 #7
He sent FEMA to confiscate supplies.. stillcool Jul 2020 #8

Wounded Bear

(58,605 posts)
1. Shortages lead to higher profits...
Tue Jul 14, 2020, 02:59 PM
Jul 2020

Capitalism 101

They're not done milking this disaster for profits yet.

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
3. He's been so busy trying to stop investigations,
Tue Jul 14, 2020, 03:03 PM
Jul 2020

Corrupting more government departments,intimidating others , threatening pretty much most of the country , dismissing the virus while attacking the experts he's refused to take advise from . Undermining judge and jury decisions for his pals in crimes he's connected with. He has been busy. He also could care less about anyone but himself, and getting re-elected, which he has little chance doing the stupid things he's now trying to do.

SWBTATTReg

(22,077 posts)
7. Everyone on DU, watch your PPE...trump will walk into our homes and steal our PPE ...
Tue Jul 14, 2020, 03:22 PM
Jul 2020

I know a few of us will donate what we can to our medical folks on the front lines, but rump has no excuse to running low on this equipment being that he's had plenty of time to get his crap together and get things done (more PPE) and he didn't.

A gross failure on his part, but who's counting?

stillcool

(32,626 posts)
8. He sent FEMA to confiscate supplies..
Tue Jul 14, 2020, 04:26 PM
Jul 2020

from states, and then sent it where? One dirty deed after another ad infinitum. The GOP is all in on it.

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