TRUMP: "We have a stockpile. It is a federal stockpile. We can use it for states, or we can use it for ourselves. We do use it for the federal government. We have a very big federal government."
After Dr. Birx defends Trump& #39;s handling of the coronavirus, @Acosta points out that "the president was saying this is going to go away."
"I said it& #39;s going away. And it is going away," Trump retorts.
"I said it& #39;s going away. And it is going away," Trump retorts.
. @jonkarl: Cuomo says NY may be days away from running out of ventilators. Can you assure NY that they will have the ventilators they need?
TRUMP: "No. They should& #39;ve had more ventilators at the time. They should& #39;ve had more ventilators."
TRUMP: "No. They should& #39;ve had more ventilators at the time. They should& #39;ve had more ventilators."
Trump has been president for more than 3 years and has never done anything for infrastructure but now he says, "infrastructure is a great thing for me."
Trump has jokes: "The models show hundreds of thousands of people are going to die and you know what I want to do? I want to come way under the model. The professionals did the models and I was never involved in a model. At least this kind of a model."
Trump ends the press briefing with some thoughts on voting rights: "I think a lot of people cheat with mail-in voting. I think people should with ID -- voter ID ... you should have a picture for voting. It should be called voter ID."
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