He said he'd like many of these items to be American-made.Īs the pandemic took hold in the US earlier this year and governors desperately sought the federal government's help with supplies and equipment, Trump's son-in-law and senior advisor, Jared Kushner, sparked outrage by referring to the national stockpile as “our stockpile" and saying its contents were not meant to be shared with the states. Trump said that he wants to ensure that the next president doesn't inherit an empty stockpile and that he would build up a three-month supply of items like ventilators and N95 respirator masks that have been in short supply. Scores of people lined the motorcade route, and the crowd grew thicker - with many of them barefaced - and began to chant “USA!" and “Four more years!" as Trump arrived at Owens and Minor.Īfter a tour, during which Trump also did not wear a mask, he addressed several dozen employees clad in matching neon yellow company T-shirts, all wearing face masks and sitting with appropriate distance between them. Officials wipe down the handrails on the staircase before Trump arrived. During the flight, chief of staff Mark Meadows wore a navy blue face mask embossed with the presidential seal in gold. Trump did not wear a face covering as he stepped off Air Force One.
Trump claims some places in the state had been “barely affected." The president arrived in Allentown on a campaign-like visit to highlight a US medical equipment distributor that is helping make and ship gowns, gloves and other personal protective gear across the country to help with the coronavirus response. Trump added to the pressure by saying during his remarks: “We have to get your governor of Pennsylvania to start opening things up a bit."
Tom Wolf, a Democrat, is under mounting pressure to roll back coronavirus restrictions after effectively containing the state's outbreak early on, battling a Republican revolt over his stay-at-home orders and business shutdowns.Ĭounties have threatened to defy his orders while at least a few business owners have reopened their doors despite his warnings. Establishing tough but realistic standards will save about $100 billion in unnecessary regulatory costs - costs baked into sticker prices - helping millions of Americans afford newer, safer, cleaner vehicles.Trump's remarks came as federal whistleblower Rick Bright testified before a House panel on Thursday about his repeated efforts to jump-start US production of respirator masks that he says went nowhere. These inconvenient facts led us to a different conclusion. You can’t pay for a new vehicle using fuel savings projected across several decades, and you can’t benefit from modern safety technologies if you can’t afford a newer vehicle. Automakers invested billions in expensive technologies, but they fall short because American families decided that they prefer trucks and SUVs to compact passenger cars. In 2012, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Transportation set high targets and committed to look at the situation again in a few years. Becker and James Gerstenzang (Op-Ed,, April 1), about new fuel economy and carbon dioxide emissions standards, was off base. “ Climate Progress Stalls Again, Thanks to Trump’s New Auto Rules,” by Daniel F. The writer is a law professor at the University of California Hastings College of Law and a former assistant section chief, Antitrust Division, with the Justice Department. With the Department of Health and Human Services preparing to distribute $100 billion of CARES Act funds to hospitals and other health care providers around the country, it is appropriate to worry that the Electoral College map might play a large role in the allocation. Moreover, there is a risk of further politicization of the nation’s response to the health care crisis. Most obviously, allocating scarce resources without oversight and triage by knowledgeable experts puts lives at risk. Trump on the telephone” is deeply troubling. Your report that supplies needed by hospitals to deal with the Covid pandemic were being dispatched to states that had not even submitted requests “based on which governor got Mr. Re “ Trump’s Son-in-Law Puts Himself in Middle of Response” (news article, April 3):