Under Intense Criticism, Trump Says Government Will Buy More Ventilators
'In total, the conference tabulated that cities needed 28.5 million face masks, 24.4 million other items of personal protection equipment, 7.9 million test kits and 139,000 ventilators.... Roughly two-thirds of the cities said they had not received any emergency equipment or supplies from their state, the report said. And of those that did receive state aid, nearly 85 percent said it was not enough to meet their needs.
He was essentially ordering the company to do something it had already arranged to do: G.M. announced earlier on Friday that it was moving forward with an emergency joint venture with a small manufacturer, Ventec Life Systems, even in the absence of a contract from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. '
If it wasn't for " a torrent of criticism from cities and states that have been pleading for help to deal with the most critically ill coronavirus victim " trump would have done nothing. Just like he told his paymasters at FOX the night before. Furthermore another lie was added for trump's FOX town hall.
Trump’s Misleading Ventilator Counter-Punch at Cuomo
"Cuomo said at a press conference on March 24 that the state had an urgent need for more ventilators to deal with an anticipated peak in demand in two weeks for patients needing help to breathe. The state will need at least 30,000 ventilators, he said, and it so far had obtained 7,000....
Trump added that in 2015 Cuomo “refused to order 15,000 ventilators” so “he shouldn’t be talking about us.”
Reading from an article on a conservative website, Trump said Cuomo “rejected buying recommended 16,000 ventilators in 2015 for a pandemic” and that he “established death panels and lotteries instead.”
Which was a lie of course. See the above "Factcheck" story.