Trump Says United States Will Supply Other Nations With Ventilators
Trump administration representatives insist they are not giving special treatments when it comes to providing Central America with ventilators and other coronavirus assistance.
In a sequence of tweets Friday morning, U.S. President Trump has said that the United States will be supplying other nations with "desperately needed" ventilators as they strive to contribute to the coronavirus pandemic.
Trump has cited meetings with the presidents of El Salvador, Indonesia, Honduras, and Ecuador, and thanked the officials of those countries on their efforts against the coronavirus as well as other issues and for their continued cooperation with the U.S.
Presently, Trump may seem to believe that the U.S. is in a spot to support those who may not have been able to get their hands on the supplies for fighting the pandemic.
Trump released a directive earlier this month under the Defense Production Act, requiring numerous manufacturers to start producing ventilators. The Department of Health and Human Services declared days later that General Motors will generate 30,000 ventilators at the expense of $500 million, with the very first distribution to take place on June 1st.
However, it remains vague as to where the ventilators will come from nor the number of ventilators that are going to be sent to the countries.
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Trump's Aid to Latin America
This week, United States authorities have announced that they gave around $757 million to approximately 100 countries to combat the coronavirus pandemic, including around $64 million to the 30 Western Hemisphere countries.
Over the past decades, U.S. governments have devoted significant funds to the worldwide struggle towards pandemics the same as Ebola and HIV-AIDS.
"Just spoke to President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador," President Trump tweeted. "Will be helping them with Ventilators, which are desperately needed. They have worked well with us on immigration at the Southern Border!"
Just spoke to President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador. Will be helping them with Ventilators, which are desperately needed. They have worked well with us on immigration at the Southern Border! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 24, 2020
Trump continued about an hour later:
"Just spoke to President Juan Orlando Hernandez of the Republic of Honduras. We work closely together on the Southern Border. Will be helping him with his request for Ventilators and Testing."
Moreover, Trump also posted a generous tweet to Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno, and once more, offering ventilators, although he momentarily misspelled the hard-hit country's name. Ecuador hasn't had much of a part in just about any Trump policies. However, since Moreno succeeded a leftist government, it has become more accepting of U.S. initiatives.
On the other hand, Hernandez of Honduras has regularly supported Trump as well as endorsed U.S. initiatives as far-reaching as voting with Washington - even against much of the rest of the planet - at the United Nations on a motion that acknowledged Jerusalem as the state of Israel.
Most participants of Trump's initiatives, including Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Deborah Birx, are active in the measures being taken by the new administration against the coronavirus outbreak. However, the Trump administration has terminated its financing to the World Health Organization, charging it of bias in favor of China.
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