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Trump admin is playing really dirty over critical medical equipment. At White House press briefing April 6, Trump declared "through Project Airbridge, we have succeeded in bringing planeloads of vital supplies into the US from overseas". 1/6 https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-vice-president-pence-members-coronavirus-task-force-press-briefing-21/
What is Project Airbridge?
US fed government is 'working with private companies' to bring, in the words of President Trump, "massive amounts of medical supplies from other countries to the US. These shipments are mostly coming from China
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-what-is-project-airbridge/ 2/6
US fed government is 'working with private companies' to bring, in the words of President Trump, "massive amounts of medical supplies from other countries to the US. These shipments are mostly coming from China
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-what-is-project-airbridge/ 2/6
Around the same time, amid global shortage of protective gear, several countries are accusing US of deploying "unidentified Americans for swooping in to outbid them as they try to secure supplies."
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-03/trump-invokes-act-to-prevent-equipment-from-being-hoarded 3/6
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-03/trump-invokes-act-to-prevent-equipment-from-being-hoarded 3/6
Guardian reports that many countries (including France, Canada, Brazil) are accusing US of confiscating supplies *FROM THE TARMAC* by offering three times the sum. US, of course, denies any knowledge. 4/6
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/02/global-battle-coronavirus-equipment-masks-tests#maincontent
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/02/global-battle-coronavirus-equipment-masks-tests#maincontent
According to @FT, PPE made by US firm 3M, and bound for Germany, was allegedly intercepted in Thailand and diverted to the US, leading a senior German official to accuse Washington of “modern piracy”. 5/6 https://www.ft.com/content/03e45e35-ab09-4892-899d-a86db08a935c
Who is in charge of this Project Airbridge?
"Trump senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner, who heads the Office of American Innovation, is the White House point person for the project." 6/6 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-what-is-project-airbridge/
"Trump senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner, who heads the Office of American Innovation, is the White House point person for the project." 6/6 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-what-is-project-airbridge/
The US is not even trying to mask this PPE supply grab from overseas. It's all in.
https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/04/03/world/europe/03reuters-health-coronavirus-masks.html
https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/04/03/world/europe/03reuters-health-coronavirus-masks.html
It's heartbreaking, what the Trump administration is reportedly doing. https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/news/at-least-5-countries-including-a-poor-caribbean-island-are-accusing-the-us-of-blocking-or-taking-medical-equipment-they-need-to-fight-the-coronavirus/articleshow/75027113.cms
