White House Freezes Aid Amid Mass Confusion

[kpete]

Pence task force freezes coronavirus aid amid backlash
The review came after officials discovered that aid to foreign countries wasn't being coordinated with U.S. requests.


The Trump administration has frozen all overseas shipments of USAID’s stockpiles of protective medical gear following mass confusion over which resources are needed inside the United States, Politico reports.

The moratorium was brought in following an embarrassing mix-up in Thailand. A Trump official asked the Thais if they could send protective gear to the U.S., only to told by them that a U.S. shipment of the same supplies was already on its way to Bangkok—the second of two such deliveries.

https://politicalwire.com/2020/04/01/white-house-freezes-aid-amid-mass-confusion/
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/31/pence-task-force-coronavirus-aid-157806

[Sherman A1]

1. DumbA**s

[riverbendviewgal]

2. Grifters are sending shipments overseas

At taxpayers expense and then buying back at great cost for profit to send back to USA. Who may that be? Hmmmmm.

[Baitball Blogger]

6. Can't wait for the investigative report to come out on this one.

This might turn out to be the story of how the State Department helped private companies to send tons of medical supplies to foreign countries, just to buy them back at exorbitant prices. So the story of private corporations and private individuals doing a humanitarian gesture is pure bullshit.

[riverbendviewgal]

8. I look forward to those investigations

They are all a POS greedy grifters. The curtain is opening and it's a horror show.

Disgusting.

Stay safe.

[crickets]

9. I think you nailed it. It's so disgusting. nt

[Snarkoleptic]

3. It's amateur hour, folks.

We're all paying the price for the installation of this mal-administration.

[struggle4progress]

5. "Maybe if we act incompetent enough, the jury won't convict us!"

[justhanginon]

4. The people trump hires to run various agencies

may be incompetent but by god they are loyal to trump. There is no other qualification necessary.

[nykym]

7. So let's see...

If I send aid in the form of medical supplies to a foreign country.
Then I ask them to sell me said equipment back.
I can look like a hero and cash in at the same time.

[Sunriser13]

10. Hmmmm. Supplies going out the back door?

Interesting.

Mostly

[DeminPennswoods]

11. Sometimes federal aid just runs on autopilot

and it's nothing nefarious.

[Sunriser13]

15. Oh, I know. Frustration rears its ugly head.

I'm still disgusted and dismayed at the accusations that were leveled at our medical providers and hospitals.

I'll go back and edit in a sarcasm notation...

[bdamomma]

12. While people

are dying, and our Drs and nurses are working under stressful life and death situations, this is pure negligence.

[Elwood P Dowd]

13. The Trump White House should be called The Trump Animal House.

The corporate media needs to start raising hell and exposing more of this shit. Eventually, this is going to "trickle up" to their sorry asses.

[uponit7771]

14. See, the Kremlin KKKlan comes around and wet dreams run for their lives