Trump says the federal government is holding back almost 10,000 ventilators

[Andy823]

President Trump said that there are almost 10,000 ventilators being “held back” from distribution because “the surge is coming.”

“We also are holding back quite a bit. We have almost 10,000 ventilators that we have ready to go. We have to hold them back, because the surge is coming and it's coming pretty strong and we want to be able to immediately move it into place without going and taking it, so we're ready to go," Trump said.

Trump previously said he thinks it would be difficult to get equipment back from states and redistributed once they have been issued to hospitals.

https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-03-31-20/h_d7910f7f1f9212668bcb09785128d04e

[dchill]

1. Stupid AND cruel.

[Andy823]

5. Typical trump

He is not the president for all of the people only the ones who voted for him. Red states will get most of the machines.

[Maeve]

2. So people can suffer/die NOW instead of later--got it!

[scrabblequeen40]

3. held back to save his family and friends, of course. eom

[Cobalt Violet]

4. Holding them back for red states.

I have no faith that he will send them where they're needed most.

[rampartc]

6. how is this for an idea,

send a few thousand to new york, to washington, to louisiana, to wherever, and order 100,000 more.

i understand "flatten the curve," but does he think he can surf these same ventilators from peak to peak?

[Andy823]

7. Quid pro quo

you have to kiss up to him to stroke his ego and then he "might" think about letting your state have some, but don't hold your breath if you are in a state that doesn't help him win in November!

[jimfields33]

9. New York has a supply. Cuomo is holding them until needed

He’d like most at the warehouse just in case.

[crickets]

11. Exactly!

This man is an idiot. He's saying he has ventilators while somebody's aunt Margie, somebody's son, somebody's dad is suffocating right now... but there's no plan for distribution and ramp up. 10K ventilators vs a 'surge' in numbers at this point is nothing.

Cruel, incompetent, criminal negligence... he's just stupid enough to brag about it.

[dlk]

8. What a completely irrational and illogical thing to say

Trump at his finest...

[KPN]

10. This guy is a fucking moron. What the hell is

wrong with us he is still in the WH or got there in the 1st place. We are doomed ... Nov is 8 months away and then we have to wait another almost 3 months (if we win and he goes peacefully). How much more damage, destruction and loss of life will occur or be irreversible by then?

He needs to go now.