The federal government outbid states on critical coronavirus supplies after Trump told governors to get their own medical equipment

A lot of people cal Tump a "Sweet Old Boy" but they abbreviate it.

During a conference call with governors on Thursday, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker told Trump his state was denied three major orders of equipment because the federal government had outbid him.

"I'm not quite sure what to do with this, so I'm just going to throw it out there for you," Baker told Trump on the call, according to Bloomberg News. "We took very seriously the push ... that we should not just rely on the stockpile, that we should go out there and buy stuff and put in orders and try to create pressure on manufacturers and distributors, and I gotta tell you that on three big orders, we lost to the feds."

Baker, a moderate Republican, added, "I've got a feeling that if someone has the chance to sell to you and to sell to me, I am going to lose on every one of those."

Trump chuckled at that and then said the federal government probably offered the manufacturers a better price.

mark up

Trump musta once been in the furniture business too.

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We’re seeing this on multiple fronts. The aforementioned failure to ramp up testing, and the ongoing failure to get needed testing equipment to desperate governors, is compounded by Trump’s insistence on claiming that no such testing failure exists — or ever has.

Trump didn't tell governors to get their own medical equipment...Fake media outlets took a sentence of his and removed the very next sentence...

New York Times Authors Deceptively Edit Trump’s Advice to Governors on Medical Ventilators

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I didn't read that in the times I watched it. I've always been a horse's mouth kind of person in important matters. I watch trump's updates.

i don't have time to listen to the whole thing again but i think this is the one where he's asked that question and he did say the states can get them themselves.
one thing wrong is he does give mixed messages. I wish he would quit. now is the wrong time to try to spoof reporters.
he then told governors to try to procure first and if they couldn't get what they need the feds would back them. another thing is why are we paying more than states would pay anyhow?

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We’re seeing this on multiple fronts. The aforementioned failure to ramp up testing, and the ongoing failure to get needed testing equipment to desperate governors, is compounded by Trump’s insistence on claiming that no such testing failure exists — or ever has.

this is the kind of crossed signals you get when you don't try to build a team and coordinate with state governments.
he boasts about his genius; it's just that he doesn't play well with others.

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We’re seeing this on multiple fronts. The aforementioned failure to ramp up testing, and the ongoing failure to get needed testing equipment to desperate governors, is compounded by Trump’s insistence on claiming that no such testing failure exists — or ever has.

Yes, Trump told the Governors not to wait for the Feds to supply them.
So both federal and state offices began buying supplies from various sorces. Some of those sources were the same. and the feds outbid and or got there 1st. So the feds are making available what ever they have and/or get from the sources they deal with. I'm sure it's not ALL source but some major suppliers for sure.

And yes it should have all been more coordinated but having worked in government and gone though the purchasing process... even when it's supposed to be expedited or "sole source". I understand some of the problem. And i understand why Trump wouldn't want to bottle neck the states into just waiting for the Fed to buy stuff when the states own supply chains ,in many cases, MAY have been much faster.

I don't see this as a big issues. Trump doesn't always explain stuff well, but i get this one. and he was right to do it that way IMO. Purchasing from within the government can be a nightmare, legal and otherwise, encouraging the states and localities to freely use their most nimble and backdoor purchasing options is the best way to go IMO.
it's going to be messy but faster.

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For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
Job 14:6-8

You have to remember, this is Salt. Anything 'Orange Man Bad' is totally acceptable and has to be literal truth. The fact that most of it is horse puckey means nothing to her.

Then you are lying. If you had watched it live, you would have heard what he said. Your posts are not worth the time to read anymore. You should find a new hobby, one that doesn't require critical thinking.

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