"It's not emptied, let me explain something. What we're doing [...] rather than having it brought into the stockpile, where appropriate [...] we're trying to have supplies sent directly to the states," Trump explained. "Because we don't want medical supplies coming into warehouses all over the place and then we take them from there and bring them to another warehouse. So we're having them brought, ideally, from the manufacturer directly to the hospital or the state where it's going."
Trump also noted that when he took office the Strategic National Stockpile was "virtually empty," a direct reference to the fact that the Obama administration depleted the stockpile of N95 respirator masks and medical supplies during the H1N1 pandemic and never replenished it.
Why would Governor Lamont make such a claim, implying that the Trump administration was no longer helping states because they'd run of out supplies? Is that helpful? Maybe for a Democrat who wants Trump to be damaged politically, it is.
https://pjmedia.com/trending/trump-...trategic-national-stockpile-has-been-emptied/
.@realDonaldTrump disputes @GovNedLamont claim that the Strategic National Stockpile was empty... explains that supplies are being sent from manufacturers straight to hospitals. pic.twitter.com/SvpyLSBTpz
— Matt Margolis ???? (@mattmargolis) March 31, 2020
Trump also noted that when he took office the Strategic National Stockpile was "virtually empty," a direct reference to the fact that the Obama administration depleted the stockpile of N95 respirator masks and medical supplies during the H1N1 pandemic and never replenished it.
Why would Governor Lamont make such a claim, implying that the Trump administration was no longer helping states because they'd run of out supplies? Is that helpful? Maybe for a Democrat who wants Trump to be damaged politically, it is.
https://pjmedia.com/trending/trump-...trategic-national-stockpile-has-been-emptied/