Trump Told Governors to Buy Own Virus Supplies, Then Outbid Them

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President Donald Trump’s directive for governors to buy their own medical supplies to fight the coronavirus has run into a big problem -- the federal government.

Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker told Trump during a video conference on Thursday that his state three times lost out to the federal government on purchases of critical supplies, creating an awkward moment during the made-for-TV event at Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters in Washington.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-19/trump-told-governors-to-buy-own-virus-supplies-then-outbid-them

[BusyBeingBest]

1. We are getting what we deserved--elect rampant stupidity,

expect to suffer.

[procon]

2. Is he settling scores against states that voted

against him, retaliating against governors and mayors who criticized him?

[underpants]

3. Someone taught him the phrase "point of sale"

Which is a specific kind of procurement. Usually it's buying something at a big box store with a government (state) credit card. A given Lowe's or Walmart just isn't going to have pallets of ______ whatever it is you want. Let alone that people have been buying them up.

It reminds me of a scene in "Bananas" in which Woody Allen walks into a cafe and orders wheelbarrow full on sandwiches.

Yes?

- Coffee, please.

- l also want something to go.

- Yes.

Do you have

any grilled cheese sandwiches?

- Yes, sir.

- Well, let me have a thousand.

And... tuna fish... and

bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwiches.

- You want the cheese on rye?

- on rye.

Let me have on whole wheat...

and on white bread.

- Fernandez wanted on roll.

- And one on roll.

- And the tuna?

- All the tuna on whole wheat.

All the bacon, lettuce and tomato

we'll have on toast.

Right. And... what to drink?

Let me have regular coffees,

cokes and , 7-Ups.

And also coleslaw for men.


Right. You want anything

with these sandwiches?


Mayonnaise on the side