Trump on Whether or Not New York Will Have Enough Ventilators: ‘We’re Gonna Find Out’
Asked whether he could promise that New York would have enough ventilators, Trump said, “No.”
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President Trump, asked Friday if he can assure New Yorkers they will have an adequate number of ventilators, blatantly said “no” and reiterated his criticism of the state’s preparedness for the coronavirus pandemic.
“They should’ve had more ventilators at the time. They should’ve had more ventilators,” he said. “They were totally under-serviced. We are trying to do—we are doing our best for New York. You know, we have states, we have a lot of states—we have territories too—but we have a lot of states that have to be taken care of. Some much more so than others.”
“We happen to think that [New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s] well-served with ventilators. We’re gonna find out,” he said. Cuomo had warned earlier this week that the state is less than a week away from running out of ventilators. COVID-19 infections patients’ respiratory tracts, and those with severe cases require ventilators to assist with breathing.
Asked if he could assure New York if "they're going to have the ventilators that they're going to need," Pres. Trump tells @jonkarl, "No, they should have had more ventilators at the time."
— ABC News (@ABC) April 3, 2020
"We are doing our best for New York," the president adds. https://t.co/U2uRBRxRYL pic.twitter.com/N3w0xSyOmU
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