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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTed Lieu offers Trump an alternative to all-caps tweeting about ventilators.
@tedlieu
US House candidate, CA-33
Dear @realDonaldTrump: Glad you reversed yourself & now realize the US is short on ventilators.
Also, you can do more than just tweet in all caps about GM Lordstown & Ford. You can ensure this happens by activating the Defense Production Act. Lives are at stake.
#FridayThoughts
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Brother Buzz
(36,214 posts)Has he actually seen a ventilator? Has he got an image of an 'Iron Lung' bouncing around inside his empty head?
GoCubsGo
(32,061 posts)He'll latch onto something and repeat it over and over again, believing that repeating it ad nauseum makes him the expert. It matters not that he doesn't know what the fuck he's saying. Just as long as it sounds good, and that he comes off as "tough." It's all about his image. Always has been.
NewJeffCT
(56,827 posts)it will make a good campaign ad to play in swing states
Harker
(13,880 posts)so he probably sees B-17s rolling out the factory door tomorrow morning.
Hekate
(90,189 posts)And he is a big tough guy who big tough guys call "Sir"
tblue37
(64,980 posts)bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)They sold it to electric truck maker Lordstown Motors.
https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/2020/03/27/trump-gm-ford-ventilators-twitter/2925736001/
Smh
dchill
(38,321 posts)yonder
(9,631 posts)in which he congratulates GM and chairwoman Barra on that sale to Lordstown. Now, he thinks it's GM's fault.
He's a dangerous Kook
bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)You are right- dangerous kook.
Guilded Lilly
(5,591 posts)Comprehend how supposed grown up adults anywhere havent booted his sorry ass into a ditch somewhere.
CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)In his case, both.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)to set up the tooling and assembly process . We are dealing with Medical Grade and Clean Room Operations.
Lonestarblue
(9,880 posts)All have ramped up production. It would seem to make more sense to give contracts to established vendors than to try to retool an auto manufacturer. Heres an article from Bioworld identifying some key manufacturers of medical grade ventilatorsnot all in the US.
https://www.bioworld.com/articles/433823-major-ventilator-makers-ramp-production-even-as-alternatives-sought-to-fill-massive-shortfall
PatSeg
(46,804 posts)Defense Production Act works. He must think it means yelling threateningly at manufacturers on Twitter. I'm sure this approach will be quite persuasive.
tblue37
(64,980 posts)PatSeg
(46,804 posts)He can't admit he doesn't know something, when actually he doesn't know much of anything and he's too stubborn and arrogant to ask. That makes him that more dangerous.
I'm sure his gut will guide him wisely!
mountain grammy
(26,571 posts)c-rational
(2,581 posts)has a prototype ventilator ready. They should be able to ramp up quickly as the same principles of air movement apply.. Few seems to be thinking well or critically (which is exactly what the dumpster wants as he sows chaos). What became know as Value Engineering which was born during WW2 to determine how to produce products when many materials were not available.
Hekate
(90,189 posts)kytngirl
(99 posts)Trump will not enact the Defense Production Act during this crisis?
There has to be a personal reason. He doesn't do or say anything unless he has something to gain or something to lose.
If you figure it out, please post. I don't know enough about the act to figure it out on my own. Nevertheless, the gain/lose factor is there. It probably has to do with money or fame because those two things are what drives that orange machine. It certainly isn't love of God, country or family.