Trump privately appeals to Asia and Europe for medical help to fight coronavirus

[babylonsister]

I'm glad he's spooked, the fuckwad.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2020/mar/25/coronavirus-live-news-india-lockdown-italy-cases-restrictions-uk-us-outbreak-australia-china-hubei-latest-updates



2m ago 23:48
Julian Borger
Trump privately appeals to Asia and Europe for medical help to fight coronavirus


The US has been appealing to its allies for help in obtaining medical supplies to overcome critical shortages in its fight against coronavirus.

In his public rhetoric Donald Trump has been talking up the domestic private sector response to the crisis.

“We should never be reliant on a foreign country for the means of our own survival,” Trump said at a White House briefing on Tuesday evening. “America will never be a supplicant nation.”

However behind the scenes, the administration has approached European and Asian partners to secure supplies of testing kits and other medical equipment that are in desperately short supply in the US.

On Tuesday, Trump spoke by phone with the South Korean president, Moon Jae-in, asking if his country could supply medical equipment.

The official White House account made no mention of the request, but according to the South Korean presidency, the Blue House, the call was made at Trump’s “urgent request”.

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1. We don't deserve it, but I hope our allies come through

I also hope that they taped the calls and show Trump groveling and whining for their help.

[babylonsister]

2. I hope so, too. nt

[flibbitygiblets]

3. The pathetic clown can't admit to any weakness at all. Ego simply won't permit it.

The fate of 350 million people, not as important. Not by a long shot.

[no_hypocrisy]

4. In one breath, Trump tells SK to pay for OUR military protecting their country,

and in the next breath, he asks them for medical assistance.

Hmmmmmmmmmm