The Trump Administration Just Canceled an Order for 80,000 Ventilators to Haggle Over the Price

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Stephen A. Crockett Jr.
Friday 12:30PM

If there is a woman in your neighborhood who has ventilators, you might as well go on and get you one to bring to the hospital in case of an emergency because if you are waiting for the president of the United States or his bumbling band of yes-men disguised as an administration to save you, then God bless you.

On Thursday, it was reported that the United States officially has the highest number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the world, despite the virus originating in China. This basically confirms that the Trump administration doesn’t know what the fuck it’s doing, and to that end, the United States is winning at losing.

Oh, and get this shit: On the same Thursday that it was confirmed that we are now the New England Patriots—or is it the Cleveland Browns?—of confirmed coronavirus cases, the White House was haggling over prices to get desperately needed ventilators because they want to shop around for a better price.

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https://www.theroot.com/the-trump-administration-just-canceled-an-order-for-80-1842526968

[Dan]

1. No matter how bad it gets,

There is absolutely no doubt, that Trump will make it worse.

[CatMor]

2. If he would stop fueling up Air Force One ...

to go and play golf we could use that money to pay for them.

[Walleye]

3. Did he mean ventilators when he was talking about generators?

Jesus! The stupid, it burns and stinks.

[2naSalit]

8. Didn't appear that he even knew he was

saying generators rather than ventilators. He's so full of shit that it's the only thing that issues from the shithole in his face.

[Walleye]

9. Imagine if Joe Biden had said generators when he meant ventilators

[2naSalit]

11. Right?

This is so messed up anymore. I don't know exactly how to do it but we have GOT to rid the world of not only the corona virus but the authoritarian virus as well.

[gibraltar72]

4. easy to go all in. If they're not your chips.

[mucifer]

5. Looks like with are going to have to rely on inventors. Stuff is happening.

[procon]

6. This is what the Trumpets wanted.

They thought a greedy businessman, even an unsuccessful one, would be far more effective than someone with government experience.

So here we are, with Americans dying all around us, and the businessman in the White House is haggling over minutiae. He thinks people will praise him for getting a good deal on ventilators and forget about all the people who died without one, waiting for him to count his pennies.

[KewlKat]

7. While the feds should be THE one stop source for what's needed for this crisis

did anyone really think they could do the job? They Ef up everything they touch. They are all incompetent.

[BeckyDem]

10. This is another reason I do not stop calling for him to be removed from office.

Its criminal willful neglect on a national security level. November is a long way off and he must be stopped.