Trump Claimed The Feds Have 'Built 18 Hospitals.' FEMA And Army Records Say Otherwise

[riversedge]

always the bragger
always the exaggerator


Trump Claimed The Feds Have ‘Built 18 Hospitals.’ FEMA And Army Records Say Otherwise
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-claimed-the-feds-have-built-18-hospitals-fema-and-army-records-say-otherwise

By Matt Shuham April 7, 2020 6:35 p.m.


President Donald Trump claimed on Monday that the federal government had “built 18 hospitals” to deal with the surge in COVID-19 patients as the pandemic sweeps across the country.

But that only appears to be the case if you count several sites that will not be ready to treat patients for weeks, a TPM goose chase found — including nine sites that the Army Corps of Engineers said in a press release Tuesday were “0%” complete.

Progress photos for some sites showed nothing more than cavernous convention centers, with no signs of the medical facilities Trump said had been completed.

“The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has received 25 mission assignments totaling approximately $1.5 billion to design and build alternate care sites,” a FEMA spokesperson told TPM Tuesday, asked about Trump’s claim. “Currently, USACE is developing 17 alternate care facilities across 9 states.”

But the details of those “developing” projects show a network of field hospitals that for the most part are weeks away from being ready to accept patients.

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Of the 17 “alternate care facilities” that FEMA and the Army Corps said Tuesday are currently under development, only one of them is actually accepting patients, the Javits Center in New York City. Another, the TCF Center in Detroit, was listed as being close to completion.........

[Frustratedlady]

1. As much as he exaggerates, Covid 19 should now be Covid 73.

Just suggestin'.

[spanone]

3. 'exaggerates' is waaaaay to generous

Lies....

[Wounded Bear]

8. Maybe we should call it COVID-45...

[underpants]

2. 0/18

Hey it’s still spring training, right?

[MFGsunny]

4. Always the pathological liar-in-chief. He's on his way to murderer, if he keeps it up. n/t

[Iliyah]

5. The cult will believe him . ..

and that's all that matters. So far as to actual caring, he does not give a shit.

[RKP5637]

6. It would be nice if he took his cult right over the cliff and left the rest of us alone! n/t

[lettucebe]

7. Temporary set-ups in buildings is not a hospital built

As usual, nothing he says is true