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

• 14 APR 2020 CBS News's Paula Reid Exposed Trump's Scam By Just Asking the Same Question Repeatedly
• 13 APR 2020 The single most damning sentence in the New York Times coronavirus exposé -
  • "Unfolding as it did in the wake of his impeachment by the House and in the midst of his Senate trial, Mr. Trump's response was colored by his suspicion of and disdain for what he viewed as the 'Deep State' — the very people in his government whose expertise and long experience might have guided him more quickly toward steps that would slow the virus, and likely save lives."
• 13 APR 2020 Trump Lashes Out at Fauci Amid Criticism of Slow Virus Response-The president retweeted a post calling for the government’s top infectious disease specialist to be fired after the doctor acknowledged that shutting down the country earlier could have saved lives.
• 12 APR 2020 HOW DONALD TRUMP SPENT JANUARY AND FEBRUARY IGNORING CORONAVIRUS WARNINGS
• 12 APR 2020 Signs missed and steps slowed in Trump’s pandemic response -By the time President Donald Trump first spoke publicly about the<a class="" href="https://apnews.com/VirusOutbreak">coronavirus</a>, it may already have been too late.
• 11 APR 2020 WHITE HOUSE Behind closed doors, Trump's coronavirus task force boosts industry and sows confusion"Jared and his friends decided they were going to do their thing," one official said, referring to the president's son-in-law. "It cost weeks."
• 11 APR 2020 Report: Trump Ignored Pleas To Put Social Distancing Practices In Place, Warnings Of A Pandemic
• 11 APR 2020 Trump administration has many task forces — but still no plan for beating covid-19 - PDF File

During one task force meeting in the Situation Room last month, Trump turned to Fauci and challenged him. It was the day the administration was adding Ireland and the United Kingdom to its travel restrictions, and Trump wanted to understand why talk of “herd immunity” — allowing the coronavirus to sweep a nation largely unchecked, with the belief that those who survived would then be immune — was such a bad idea. “Why don’t we let this wash over the country?” Trump asked, according to two people familiar with his comments, a question other administration officials say he has raised repeatedly in the Oval Office.
Fauci initially seemed confused by the term “wash over” but became alarmed once he understood what Trump was asking.
“Mr. President, many people would die,” Fauci said. The president said he understood but since then has repeatedly made clear he wants to reopen things soon — although significant roadblocks remain.

• 11 APR 2020 Five Takeaways on What Trump Knew as the Virus Spread
• 11 APR 2020 He Could Have Seen What Was Coming: Behind Trump’s Failure on the Virus
• 09 APR 2020 Trump Administration Still Isn’t Prioritizing Coronavirus Testing
• 08 APR 2020 Intelligence report warned of coronavirus crisis as early as November: Sources - As far back as late November, U.S. intelligence officials were warning that a contagion was sweeping through China’s Wuhan region, changing the patterns of life and business and posing a threat to the population, according to four sources briefed on the secret reporting.
• 07 APR 2020 Trump Attacks W.H.O. Over Criticisms of U.S. Approach to Coronavirus - PDF Link
• 07 APR 2020 - This is Trump's Fault PDF Doc
• 07 APR 2020 Trump removes watchdog at head of committee overseeing coronavirus relief funds - President Donald Trump has removed a top Pentagon official leading the committee tasked with overseeing implementation of the $2 trillion coronavirus law, putting his own pick in place.
• 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

President Trump Fires Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson

Federal Government

• 13 APR 2020 Senior Infosec Staffer Resigns, Says White House On Track To Be Hacked Again
• 12 APR 2020 Coronavirus: Fauci says US 'could have saved lives' with earlier action
• 11 APR 2020 Analysis: Some states getting $300K per coronavirus case, New York getting $12K
• 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
• 18 MAR 2020The scientist who helped persuade Trump to take the coronavirus seriously says he's now experiencing symptoms of the disease
• 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