Video emerges showing Trump talking about cutting pandemic team in 2018

[Galraedia]

A video has emerged of Donald Trump talking about cutting the US pandemic response team in 2018 – days after claiming that he knew nothing about the disbanded White House unit.

Mr Trump said of the pandemic team that “some of the people we’ve cut they haven’t been used for many, many years and if we ever need them we can get them very quickly and rather then spending the money”.

“I’m a business person, I don’t like having thousands of people around when you don’t need them,” he added.

The US president has come under fire in recent days for his decision to disband the National Security Council directorate at the White House responsible for planning the US’s preparedness for future pandemics.

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/coronavirus-video-trump-pandemic-team-cut-2018-a9405191.html

[Grokenstein]

1. Better to have and not need, than to need and not have, Donny.

BUT IF YOU HAD ANY GODDAMN SENSE YOU'D ALREADY KNOW THAT

[Coventina]

2. That video needs to be EVERYWHERE!

[Skittles]

3. it's like getting rid of firemen when there are no fires

fucking MORON

[central scrutinizer]

8. No need to fix the roof

When it’s not raining

[uponit7771]

4. K&R, Trumps lack of nationwide unrestricted tested TO THIS DAY is hurting America

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. I hope it sinks him.

[LisaL]

6. And now people are dying because we don't have pandemic team around when we really need them.

[Dream Girl]

9. He thinks is "hidden money"

Don’t want spend Indy money if he doesn’t benefit

[Duppers]

10. K & R