Trump Rejects New York's Plea For Ventilators: 'I Don't Believe You Need' That Many

[Major Nikon]

President Donald Trump rejected calls from New York’s governor that the state needed tens of thousands of new ventilators to treat a mass of patients infected with the novel coronavirus, saying he didn’t believe those numbers were accurate.

“I have a feeling that a lot of the numbers that are being said in some areas are just bigger than they’re going to be,” Trump told Fox News’ Sean Hannity on Thursday night. “I don’t believe you need 40,000 or 30,000 ventilators. You know, you go into major hospitals sometimes, they’ll have two ventilators. And now all of a sudden they’re saying can we order 30,000 ventilators?”

https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/trump-coronavirus-ventilators-new-york-state-030627060.html

[Turbineguy]

1. If you have to say something....

say something stupid!

[UncleTomsEvilBrother]

2. "War Time President...

...Refuses to Send Artillery to the Front Lines"

[mikalcharles]

3. This is a crisis of leadership

And our leader is mentally ill. This is typical of Trumps delusional thinking that he knows the truth that he alone can fix it. We need to fully comprehend his mental state which he cannot change. There's nothing funny about this anymore.

[Ohiogal]

4. ....

[crickets]

12. +1

[Hoyt]

5. Not sure they need 30K either, but I'd rather err on side of caution. If not needed, they can be

moved elsewhere. They can even sell them later to other parts of country and other countries. It sounds like they are getting a decent price on the bulk order.

[RobinA]

6. Right

FDR to Eisenhower: I don't believe you need all those troops. I've been to that beach. You can just walk along, no problem. Now all of a sudden you need thousands of troops just to cross the beach?

[smirkymonkey]

7. Rotten Motherfucker!

He is literally trying to kill New Yorkers because he holds a grudge against the city for voting against him in the last election. This man is dangerous and completely unfit to hold an office of any kind. He needs to be removed immediately. He is basically committing murder through his refusal to act.

God, I hate him with the fire of a thousand suns!

[Major Nikon]

8. Trump's Misleading Ventilator Counter-Punch at Cuomo

Hitting back at New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s pleas for the federal government to provide more ventilators, President Donald Trump misleadingly claimed Cuomo rejected a 2015 recommendation to purchase 15,000 ventilators and instead “established death panels” and “lotteries.”

Contrary to the president’s claim, a task force in 2015 did not make a recommendation about purchasing more ventilators. The report — “Ventilator Allocation Guidelines” — provided guidelines for New York hospitals on how they should decide which patients get ventilators in the event of a severe influenza pandemic.

https://www.factcheck.org/2020/03/trumps-misleading-ventilator-counter-punch-at-cuomo/

[Celerity]

11. of course Trump lies, it isn't just as natural as breathing for him, it IS his breathing

The US can never fully recover from Trumpism until and when Nuremberg-style trials are held for the power players in his regime and family. His entire overall modus operandi amounts to crimes against humanity.

Also, SOMETHING needs to be done to vastly reduce the powers of the American 'imperial presidency' that have accrued to it over the past 50 plus years.

[Celerity]

9. wilfully killing off part of a major Blue State nt

[Arkansas Granny]

10. He has a "feeling". Wonderful! We can all rest easier now.

I wish he would shut up and go away, but that's not gonna happen, is it.