President Donald Trump has been resisting sending help in the form of ventilators to states with Democratic governors because they won’t kiss his a**, but he’s apparently more than willing to send them overseas to a foreign leader he likes.
Trump has repeatedly downplayed the severity of the coronavirus pandemic and refuses to believe that states such as New York are in dire need of medical equipment like ventilators. And he only doubled down on that and then some when he told reporters that he refuses to take calls from Democratic governors unless they bend the knee. Presumably, he wants them to praise his response to the pandemic even though his response has been terrible and resulted in the current debacle we find ourselves in.
Nearly 120,000 Americans are infected and the death toll is approaching 2,000.
Again, these states need ventilators and Trump is not delivering out of sheer pettiness. But he has no problem sending ventilators to the United Kingdom, where his BFF Prime Minister Boris Johnson is being treated for the virus.
During a staged photo-op/campaign ad in front of a hospital ship being sent to New York on Saturday, Trump mentioned that Johnson called him and relayed his need for ventilators in his own country. Trump responded by agreeing to send them.
“The UK needs ventilators … I hope we soon will have enough that we can help other countries” — Trump has been more responsive to UK Prime Minster Boris Johnson asking him for ventilators than he has been to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo pic.twitter.com/b2cE25QlYN
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 28, 2020
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Understandably, Twitter users were outraged, especially since Trump is choosing to help another country instead of helping Americans.
What? The man President with the infant brain was just telling everyone that ventilators were too expensive for NY, now he want lend them out to other countries?
— Ward (Bill) Cleaver (@GymKlieber) March 28, 2020
Watch for him to offer to send ventilators to RU over America.
— Mac – Wash Your Hands! (@MacCheeseShow) March 28, 2020
I’m interested to see how quickly he sends ventilators to Russia.
— Rhonda Deal (@RJDeal) March 28, 2020
I’m betting someone convinced him he could make money off selling them to other countries whereas he has to pay for them for US states.
— Turd Ferguson (@NM11046) March 28, 2020
Wtf??? So we’re gonna help other countries first before we help our own citizens??? @acorn614
— Chris Henderson (@SoxSphere_CWH) March 28, 2020
Omg lol he’s insane, help other countries with ventilators? He needs to help his own & worry about the mess in the States right now. And these new monitors won’t be available anytime soon, they are complex & take time to make, does he even realize that?
— Lisa (@lisamarieLML) March 28, 2020
But will they “have to do him a favor though”?
— RICH Boone (@opiedog8) March 28, 2020
So much for Trump’s promise to put America first. Clearly, he’ll only help Americans if they suck up to him or he gets a favor in return. Despicable.
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