Trump Administration Sent 18 Tons of PPE to China in Early 2020. Why?

[Cinnabar]

Concerns about a dwindling supply of PPE are not new. Back on February 7, the World Health Organization sounded alarm bells about “the limited stock of PPE,” noting demand was 100 times higher than normal for this equipment.
Yet the same day as the WHO warning, the Trump administration announced that it was transporting to China nearly 17.8 tons (more than 35,000 pounds) of “masks, gowns, gauze, respirators, and other vital materials.” As Secretary of State Mike Pompeo noted in the press release announcing this shipment, “These donations are a testament to the generosity of the American people.”

Americans indeed are a generous people. We want to help those in need. And at the time these medical supplies were shipped, more than 28,000 people in China were infected with nearly 600 deaths attributed to the virus. But how could Trump allow tons of vital medical equipment Americans to be transported to another country in February if, as he has claimed since January, he fully understood the risk the United States was facing from the virus.

As a reminder, the first known case of coronavirus case on US soil was confirmed by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on January 21, 2020.

The next day, Trump was asked about the virus while attending the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos. CNBC anchor Joe Kernen asked the President: “The CDC has identified a case of coronavirus in Washington state … have you been briefed by the CDC?” to which Trump responded, “I have.” Kernen continued, “Are there worries about a pandemic at this point?” Trump declared: “No. Not at all. And — we’re — we have it totally under control. It’s one person coming in from China, and we have it under control. It’s — going to be just fine.”

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/us-tons-ppe-china/

Trump has killed and is killing Americans. He should be tried in Nuremberg.

[ThatOwlWoman]

Trump has killed and is killing Americans. He should be tried in Nuremberg.

I'd be okay with making Mar-A-Lago the scene of our next war crimes trials.

[Cinnabar]

I'd be okay with making Mar-A-Lago the scene of our next war crimes trials.

Thank all the corporate owned so called representatives for Trump and this. We will have no investigation and if there is, no one will be arrested. Just like the lie into the Iraq war and the 2008 Wall Street debacle. The USA has become a corrupted shit hole.

[ThatOwlWoman]

Thank all the corporate owned so called representatives for Trump and this. We will have no investigation and if there is, no one will be arrested. Just like the lie into the Iraq war and the 2008 Wall Street debacle. The USA has become a corrupted shit hole.

Indeed. Wonder why the shitgibbon is pushing that quinine-based drug so heavily? Here's why:

"Novartis is one of several companies that paid Cohen through his firm Essential Consultants after Trump was elected in order to glean more insight into Trump’s administration."

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-u...-idUSKCN1QG2DU

Novartis makes the medication, Hydroxychloroquine, that #COVID45 keeps pushing.

[Trumpet]

Some of Trump's buddies lined their pockets.

[Cinnabar]

Indeed. Wonder why the shitgibbon is pushing that quinine-based drug so heavily? Here's why:

"Novartis is one of several companies that paid Cohen through his firm Essential Consultants after Trump was elected in order to glean more insight into Trump’s administration."

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-u...-idUSKCN1QG2DU

Novartis makes the medication, Hydroxychloroquine, that #COVID45 keeps pushing.

So a snake oil salesman is selling snake oil. What a surprise!