Trump Rages Over Watchdog Report on 'Severe' Hospital Shortages

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Daily Beast


The president attacked the U.S. Health and Human Services principal deputy inspector general, Christi Grimm, suggesting she was biased.

Hunter Woodall
Politics Reporter
Updated Apr. 06, 2020 8:00PM ET / Published Apr. 06, 2020 7:06PM ET

President Donald Trump went after the acting inspector general of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services at his daily coronavirus briefing on Monday, raging over a recent report highlighting “severe shortages of testing supplies” in some hospitals during the coronavirus pandemic.

“Give me the name of the inspector general,” Trump said at one point. “Could politics be entered into that?”


The president took the opportunity to lash out at reporters as he suggested the official, Christi Grimm, was biased. He called for an answer on how long she’d been in government, and then began to both mock the official and a reporter when he was told she’d also served under former President Barack Obama’s administration.

“You mean the Obama administration?” Trump said. “Thank you for telling me that. See there’s a typical fake news deal. You’re a third rate reporter and what you just said is a disgrace, OK?”

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-rages-over-watchdog-report-on-severe-hospital-shortages

[FirstLight]

1. GAH!

It ISNT about YOU motherfucker!

I hate that he immediately sees anyone who served before his term as a threat...

There are plenty of people in govt that do their jobs without being political, you ass.

[brewens]

26. Weren't there pharoes that went to great lengths to wipe out all traces of their

predecessor? I'm pretty sure I've read there is very little evidence of a few Egyptian rulers that must have been a big deal, just almost nothing with their name on it survived.

[FirstLight]

28. actually, that only happened after one (Atum? Akenaten?)

because he tossed out poly thiesm and was all about a single god...then they freaked out and wiped him from the record...

I dont want Trump wiped from the record though, I want every generation to see what happens when a megalomaniac comes into power :/

[brewens]

29. Trump would like to do that with Obama. n/t

[iluvtennis]

2. Christi Grimm began working in office of Inspector General in 1999. That menas she is a long term

civil servant who served under both republican and democratic administration.

https://www.hhs.gov/about/leadership/christi-grimm/index.html

trump is a horse's ass.

[oldsoftie]

9. To trumpers, there's no difference between serving under Bush or Obama

They're both part of the problem; or "deep state"

There is only ONE to whom you serve under; Dear Leader trump

[Judi Lynn]

10. Thanks for sharing the link.

[Jarqui]

18. From that link

"In January 2020, Christi Grimm became the Principal Deputy Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Inspector General (OIG)"

The Trump administration promoted her to that position.

Maybe some of the reason for that is:

"She designed and conducted groundbreaking work to improve quality and safety in hospitals, stop unqualified providers from enrolling in Medicaid, and improve the process for appealing Medicare payment decisions.

Ms. Grimm previously worked at CMS, conducting national assessments of contractor performance. Ms. Grimm holds a Master of Public Administration from New York University and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Colorado, Denver. She is also a graduate of Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Senior Managers in Government. Ms. Grimm has received the Secretary’s Award for Excellence in Management and the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency Award for Excellence in Management."

[rzemanfl]

3. Fuck you Drumpf, you Nazi. n/t

[42bambi]

4. In my long life I have never known anyone more insecure than Trump.

[rpannier]

5. A 4th rate president should not be criticizing anyone

[olddad65]

21. Correction. A 45th rate president.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

22. I wish all of the WH reporters would stand up and leave if Fat Donnie attacks a colleague.

I know the reporters feel taking Trump's abuse is just part of the job, but just once I would like to see someone call him out. I'm old enough to remember this interaction between Richard Nixon and Dan Rather:

[riversedge]

24. agree. It is abuse by Trump. sad to see when it happens--and it happens so often.

[Blue Owl]

6. Hey tRump -- go fuck yourself

n/t

[spudspud]

7. It would be glorious if one of these Muppet white house reporters...

told the president where to get off after he called them 3rd rate and what not. He would be apoplectic.

[Judi Lynn]

11. That would be heavenly! If only....

[NBachers]

8. This Mussolini routine is getting a bit worn and threadbare.

[Newest Reality]

27. Yup.

Maybe a dash or two of Hitler and a side of Stalin with an entree of Pol Pot and Putin for desert.

He purportedly read Mein Kampf, so who knows what's coming.

[Dem2theMax]

12. I can't say what I'm thinking.

But I'm sure all of you can read my mind.

[NBachers]

30. My implication was all that was needed.

[SheltieLover]

13. He needs to STFU!🤬

Moron.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

14. He had to ASK a reporter WHO his top officials are ?

He didn't even know who is working in his administration.

How pathetic.

[SWBTATTReg]

15. Ditto! Again proving how pathetic he is. Worst president ever.

[olddad65]

20. Yep, a 45th rate president.

[McCamy Taylor]

16. Trump hates women.

[dchill]

17. Says the fourth-rate homunculus.

[olddad65]

19. Trumputin is a 45th rate, phony, Russian mob connected terrible

Excuse for a leader.

[EndlessWire]

23. She is smarter than he is

is educated better, has more experience than he does, and has more awards in her field than he does in his. Plus, she's female.

He doesn't like to be contradicted. Also, he has been outed as stealing our PPE supplies. He doesn't want anyone saying there aren't enough supplies.

Who did he put in charge of this epidemic? Pence and Jared...he's running off our most experienced, advanced practitioners and leaving us to fend for ourselves.

Impeachment No. 2, please...

[olddad65]

25. His act is just a cheap imitation of Hitler