Trump campaigned with the slogan, "America first." At first, it seemed ludicrous to suggest closing foreign markets.

Now, in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, where travel and shipment overseas are hampered by the possibility of disease transmission, Americans are left vulnerable because they have relied on manufacturing goods and products abroad.

The Trump administration believed that renewing manufacturing in the United States will boost the economy and be a foundation for sustainable development for the country.

A Nation Manufacturing

Kushner cited Trump's campaign platform back in 2016. In essence, part of the plan to Make America Great Again was the capability of the government to control the country's manufacturing and treat it as a national security issue as much as securing borders.

In light of how the coronavirus pandemic overwhelmed healthcare capacity, debilitated economic systems, and altered the course of all the world's nations, Kushner said Trump's points were "totally vindicated positions."

He added, "I doubt it will be easy for people to argue against them in the future."

Commercial laboratory organizations sat down with Trump earlier this week to discuss recent developments about the mass testing being done across the United States.

Kushner assured the public that when it came to resources, the country had an abundance of medical supplies and equipment waiting to be delivered to underserved health centers. Manufacturing and production were at maximum levels.

The senior adviser said, "We're onshoring a lot of these industries to make sure that we're never reliant on foreign supplies again."

He explained that the coronavirus pandemic reignited Trump's idea to make the U.S. a global leader in advanced manufacturing.

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Reaching 5 Million Tests

During a press conference this Tuesday, Trump acknowledged that the administration built over 11,000 beds, shipped hundreds of millions of PPE, and distributed more than 10,000 ventilators, thousands of which were still under production to be shipped overseas to aid allied countries.

In total, over 5.4 million tests in the U.S. were conducted since the beginning of the pandemic.

The administration expected that by the end of May, they would be able to double the number of tests being conducted across the United States. Last March, tests in the nation were only done at about 10,000 per day. The collaborative effort of the commercial laboratories has made it possible to do over 50,000 tests a day.

Kushner went on to say that the limiting factor would be the ability of the different states to collect samples and do the testing. Trump's administration advised governors to leverage unused capacity in their respective states. This Saturday, almost 200,000 tests were conducted.

He assured that the federal authorities eliminated much of the problems regarding testing and that it was expected to do better over the following weeks.

Trump confirmed this last Tuesday at the conference, saying, "Testing will not be a problem."

Also, Kushner said that they would focus on testing smaller cities with indigenous populations, including the rest of the Americans who were vulnerable against the coronavirus.