Politics/Trmp and his Administration

Politics on the National level of the United States

News about the US Federal Government in relation to its reactions to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States - use your best judgement on the relevance of a link by both scope and timing.

Trmp & his Inner Ilk

April

• 07 APR 2020 Trump Attacks W.H.O. Over Criticisms of U.S. Approach to Coronavirus - PDF: PDF Link
• 07 APR 2020 Trump removes watchdog at head of committee overseeing coronavirus relief funds
• 07 APR 2020 Navarro memos warning of mass coronavirus death circulated in January
• 05 APR 2020 U.S. ‘wasted’ months before preparing for virus pandemic
• 03 APR 2020 Trump Rejects Voting-by-Mail Amid Virus, Citing Fraud Concerns
• 03 APR 2020 Jared Kushner Keeps Proving Nepotism Is A Bad Way to Handle Pandemics
• 02 APR 2020 Putting Jared Kushner In Charge Is Utter Madness
• 01 APR 2020 “The Campaign Panicked”: Inside Trump’s Decision to Back Off of His Easter Coronavirus Miracle

March

• 31 MAR 2020 How Trump Is Going to Get Away With a Pandemic
• 31 MAR 2020 Pence task force freezes coronavirus aid amid backlash
• 28 MAR 2020 In Exchange for Aid, Trump Wants Praise From Governor
• 28 MAR 2020 Trump takes immediate step to try to curb new inspector general’s autonomy, as battle over stimulus oversight begins
• 26 MAR 2020 After Considering $1 Billion Price Tag for Ventilators, White House Has Second Thoughts
• 26 MAR 2020 White House deviated from pandemic plan: report
• 25 MAR 2020 NYT Opinion: Trump Wants to ‘Reopen America.’ Here’s What Happens if We Do.
• 25 MAR 2020 Coronavirus: What this crisis reveals about US - and its president
• 24 MAR 2020 Trump says governors 'have to treat us well' if they want assistance during coronavirus pandemic
• 24 MAR 2020 Seattle NPR Station Says It Will No Longer Carry Donald Trump’s Coronavirus Briefings Live Because Of Misinformation
• 20 MAR 2020 U.S. intelligence reports from January and February warned about a likely pandemic
• 19 MAR 2020 Trump Told Governors to Buy Own Virus Supplies, Then Outbid Them
• 18 MAR 2020 Trump Defends Using ‘Chinese Virus’ Label, Ignoring Growing Criticism
• 17 MAR 2020 Of Course Jared Kushner Told Trump the Coronavirus Was Fake News
• 16 MAR 2020 Inside the Coronavirus Response: A Case Study in the White House Under Trump - PDF Doc
• 13 MAR 2020 I ran the White House pandemic office. Trump closed it.

Non-C19 Related

[https://www.npr.org/2020/04/03/827195027/president-trump-fires-intelligence-community-inspector-general-michael-atkinson President Trump Fires Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson ]

Federal Government

• 07 APR 2020 Trump's Navy secretary resigns and apologizes after he described a fired carrier captain as 'too naïve or too stupid'
• 04 APR 2020 Federal Government Outbids Kentucky For Medical Equipment Amid Shortage
• 31 MAR 2020 Pentagon says it still hasn't sent ventilators because it hasn't been told where to send them
• 30 MAR 2020 Illinois governor says feds sent wrong type of protective medical masks
• 29 MAR 2020 U.S. sent 17.8 tons of masks, respirators, other PPE to China in February
• 28 MAR 2020 Governors are starting to close their borders. The implications are staggering.
• 26 MAR 2020 EPA suspends enforcement of environmental laws amid coronavirus
• 23 MAR 2020 DOJ seeks new emergency powers amid coronavirus pandemic
• 22 MAR 2020 Bill Moyers: There Goes the Rule of Law
• 19 MAR 2020 COVID-19 exposes the precarious state of rural health care in the South
• 16 MAR 2020 Officials Consider Domestic Air Travel Ban to Contain COVID-19
• 30 MAR 2020 EXCLUSIVE: DEFENSE DEPARTMENT EXPECTS CORONAVIRUS WILL 'LIKELY' BECOME GLOBAL PANDEMIC IN 30 DAYS, AS TRUMP STRIKES SERIOUS TONE
• 07 Feb 2020 Coronavirus concerns trigger global run on supplies for health workers, causing shortages
• 06 Feb 2020 The United States Announces Assistance To Combat the Novel Coronavirus- "This week the State Department has facilitated the transportation of nearly 17.8 tons of donated medical supplies to the Chinese people, including masks, gowns, gauze, respirators, and other vital materials. "

House & Senate

For bills, actions and laws passed by Congress, see to News/Politics/US Congress & Senate.

Other States

• 3 APR 2020 ‘It's a sh-- sandwich': Republicans rage as Florida becomes a nightmare for Trump