Trump Said He Was the President of Manufacturing. Then Disaster Struck.
in the first national crisis that required harnessing American manufacturing ingenuity and ramping up production of ventilators, perhaps the most crucial piece of equipment for patients in crisis, the White House’s ability to gather the power of American industry crumpled.
It was unable to communicate how many ventilators it would need or how quickly it would need them. Mr. Trump set states off on a mad scramble to find their own, leading to bidding wars against one another. Even today it is unclear who is deciding where the new American production will be directed — to the highest bidders or to the cities that need them most.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/29/us/politics/coronavirus-trump-ventilators-manufacturing-gm.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage
It was unable to communicate how many ventilators it would need or how quickly it would need them. Mr. Trump set states off on a mad scramble to find their own, leading to bidding wars against one another. Even today it is unclear who is deciding where the new American production will be directed — to the highest bidders or to the cities that need them most.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/29/us/politics/coronavirus-trump-ventilators-manufacturing-gm.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage
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