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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,063 posts)
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 09:59 PM Mar 2020

Trump says U.S. will make 100,000 ventilators in 100 days

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON, March 27 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday the United States would produce 100,000 ventilators in 100 days and said he had named White House aide Peter Navarro as the coordinator of the Defense Production Act.

"We're going to make a lot of ventilators," Trump said, pledging to take care of U.S. needs while also helping other countries.

Trump said there was a great chance the United States would not need so many ventilators to fight the coronavirus outbreak, and would then help other countries in need.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-says-us-will-make-100000-ventilators-in-100-days/ar-BB11OnNw?li=BBnb7Kz



He'll change his mind tomorrow.
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Trump says U.S. will make 100,000 ventilators in 100 days (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2020 OP
How many people are going to die in the next 100 days? That's how many people you killed RockRaven Mar 2020 #1
Too bad he didn't say that like 90 days ago. sinkingfeeling Mar 2020 #2
80 days too fucking late beachbumbob Mar 2020 #3
STFU asswipe . . . Iliyah Mar 2020 #4
Couldn't agree more with you DENVERPOPS Mar 2020 #29
And tomorrow he will promise a million ventilators. procon Mar 2020 #5
Eleventy squillion mahina Mar 2020 #43
Yo cannot believe a thing this President says - he is truly a disgrace. walkingman Mar 2020 #6
Trump says: Aussie105 Mar 2020 #7
And it'll fall flat sakabatou Mar 2020 #8
Hang on... jmowreader Mar 2020 #9
Not impossible as how to make them is well known the problem is gearing up production and it should cstanleytech Mar 2020 #11
Yeah, realistically Trump should have acted on the ventilator issue 3-4 weeks ago Massacure Mar 2020 #19
I wonder though if the ones they are going to build are the more complex ones which is why it will cstanleytech Mar 2020 #21
Ventec's site claims it is a five-in-one unit with a 30,000 hour design life Massacure Mar 2020 #26
It gets worse. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Mar 2020 #53
Businesses are not people so they could never have any of those things anyway. cstanleytech Mar 2020 #54
"Corporations are people, my friend!" -- Mitt Romney LastLiberal in PalmSprings Mar 2020 #55
Maybe if multiple factories are converted, but this should have started several weeks ago. Flaleftist Mar 2020 #14
"Trump says U.S. will make 100,000 ventilators in 100 days" LudwigPastorius Mar 2020 #10
And monkeys will fly out of my butt. Grokenstein Mar 2020 #12
He'll just deny he ever said any such thing, the way he always does. SeattleVet Mar 2020 #15
It's possible. But if Trump says it, no. captain queeg Mar 2020 #13
We need them now. McCamy Taylor Mar 2020 #16
I bet he sends them to North Korea before he sends them to WA,NY,CA, etc. n/t Marrah_Goodman Mar 2020 #17
Didn't he just say the need was being exaggerated Harker Mar 2020 #18
TWO GOLF CLUBS MAX! When arguing with a idiot I like to try and boil the argument down to terms usaf-vet Mar 2020 #30
If I thought he'd take your suggestion to bug off Harker Mar 2020 #32
And I would pay you for your time. Including a cool one or two at the 19th hole. usaf-vet Mar 2020 #41
He HAS 20,000 ventilators!!! SHIP THEM TO NYC MR PRESIDENT!! truthisfreedom Mar 2020 #20
He wont he already said he will only help those that treat him well and that's why cstanleytech Mar 2020 #23
He's making it up. His fans'll wonder where those ventilators are when Granma is in the ... marble falls Mar 2020 #22
Trump knows he has no friends in California and NY though and that is why I think he is going to cstanleytech Mar 2020 #24
Michigan was a key in his election. The GOP governor of Mass just told everyone to ignore Trump ... marble falls Mar 2020 #27
Of course the US will make 100,000 ventilators in 100 days...just not in the NEXT 100 days. nt hay rick Mar 2020 #25
Trump's idea of a ventilator: Ilsa Mar 2020 #28
Too sophisticated. Warpy Mar 2020 #34
That's a production rate of only 1,000 a day, and we probably need 50,000 in the next few weeks. Canoe52 Mar 2020 #31
And where is he going to get the medical staffers to take care of the patients Warpy Mar 2020 #33
100 days ... won't that mess with his April 12 teevee program? UpInArms Mar 2020 #35
Yada, yada, yada. SergeStorms Mar 2020 #36
Lemme Guess: Rube Icon Mar 2020 #37
He is LYING. nt SunSeeker Mar 2020 #38
The Trump Machine: Anyone who thinks you can ramp this up quickly is insane bucolic_frolic Mar 2020 #39
100 days? Great. There could be 10,000 more dead people by then. Vinca Mar 2020 #40
Sadly, it may be a lot more than that. (eom) StevieM Mar 2020 #44
Not nearly Rebl2 Mar 2020 #42
A Hundred Thousand Ventilators, I say! greenjar_01 Mar 2020 #45
Seriously, what brand of Covfefe is he smoking? Initech Mar 2020 #46
Beautiful ventilators, like no one has ever seen. nt Progressive Jones Mar 2020 #47
'like no one has ever seen in a hospital' denem Mar 2020 #50
Trump says a lot of things. Mostly lies. olddad65 Mar 2020 #48
Sounds like another "aspiration." dchill Mar 2020 #49
and Mexico will pay for them! mike_c Mar 2020 #51
Ford Motor announced this AM Wellstone ruled Mar 2020 #52

RockRaven

(14,782 posts)
1. How many people are going to die in the next 100 days? That's how many people you killed
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 10:03 PM
Mar 2020

when you sat on your tiny fucking hands and did nothing for three fucking months. While your sycophants -- trying to please you -- did nothing, as they've been trained to do nothing without your permission first.

Purposeful, intentional, malicious neglect. Knowing Americans would die.

Mass killing. Of Americans. By the fucking POTUS.

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
4. STFU asswipe . . .
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 10:08 PM
Mar 2020

Besides the doctors, nurses, hospital staff, paramedics, firefighters, police, grocery store employees, store employees, drivers, and many more . .

Many Governors and legislators, staff, clerks, secretaries . . .

All the above are HEROES.

So fuck off - coward.

DENVERPOPS

(8,677 posts)
29. Couldn't agree more with you
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 11:48 PM
Mar 2020

Last edited Sat Mar 28, 2020, 06:11 AM - Edit history (1)

He is the scum of the earth, along with all his "nuevo" Republican Party syncophants......

He once again has proven beyond any doubt that he doesn't know shit from shinola.

He has no idea that every time he opens his mouth, he reveals his stupidity on oh so many levels......

Why the fuck does anyone even listen to anything that comes out of his mouth, everything he says is purely ludicrous....

Aussie105

(5,211 posts)
7. Trump says:
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 10:11 PM
Mar 2020

My will shall be done.

Relevant industries say: Oh, wait! Let's discuss that timeline. And payment up front, first!
Retooling a car factory or Dyson vacuum cleaner production line doesn't come cheap, and isn't done in a hurry.

jmowreader

(50,447 posts)
9. Hang on...
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 10:13 PM
Mar 2020

You mean people who have never made a ventilator before, are going to be making a thousand ventilators a day?

cstanleytech

(26,080 posts)
11. Not impossible as how to make them is well known the problem is gearing up production and it should
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 10:18 PM
Mar 2020

have been started weeks ago but Trump and the Republicans in Congress dropped the ball................again.

Massacure

(7,497 posts)
19. Yeah, realistically Trump should have acted on the ventilator issue 3-4 weeks ago
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 11:16 PM
Mar 2020

General Motors and and Ventec claim that they will be able to produce 10,000 ventilators a month with the first ones arriving sometime in April and full production in May, but a lot of people are probably going to die unnecessarily before then.

cstanleytech

(26,080 posts)
21. I wonder though if the ones they are going to build are the more complex ones which is why it will
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 11:28 PM
Mar 2020

take so long and if so then maybe they should go with a simpler to build design? After all they only need to last long enough to get us through this crisis.

53. It gets worse.
Tue Mar 31, 2020, 06:19 PM
Mar 2020

One company was paid $13.8 million of taxpayer funds to develop a low cost, simple-to-use portable ventilator that could be kept in the strategic reserve and rapidly deployed during an epidemic like this one.

Here's the story of what happened to that shit-storm.

The moral is, business has no soul or sense of shame, and should not be trusted to handle anything during a public emergency.

cstanleytech

(26,080 posts)
54. Businesses are not people so they could never have any of those things anyway.
Tue Mar 31, 2020, 06:22 PM
Mar 2020

The ones that are at fault though are the ones running said businesses as they can choose to do the right thing or the wrong thing for their employees but more often than not they choose instead to do what will help them only and they will fuck over the employees in a heartbeat.

Flaleftist

(3,473 posts)
14. Maybe if multiple factories are converted, but this should have started several weeks ago.
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 10:25 PM
Mar 2020

It will be too late for a lot of people.

LudwigPastorius

(8,943 posts)
10. "Trump says U.S. will make 100,000 ventilators in 100 days"
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 10:16 PM
Mar 2020

Trump says a lot of stuff. Almost all of which is complete bullshit.

However, if it were possible to manufacture 100,000 ventilators in 100 days, they'd be coming online in a couple of weeks if that fuckwit had bothered to heed the warnings of his own intelligence agencies back in January.

Grokenstein

(5,707 posts)
12. And monkeys will fly out of my butt.
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 10:20 PM
Mar 2020

One hundred days from now there will be few/no new ventilators and Donny will throw a tantrump at anyone who asks about them.

SeattleVet

(5,468 posts)
15. He'll just deny he ever said any such thing, the way he always does.
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 10:28 PM
Mar 2020

When 100,000 ventilators fail to be available in 100 days, he'll scream, 'Fake news!" at any reporter that asks about it.

The suckers that believe in him will believe any line of BS that he spews, no matter the documentary evidence available, like a video of him saying exactly what he is denying he ever said. This has played itself out this way many times over the course of his (mis)administration.

McCamy Taylor

(19,240 posts)
16. We need them now.
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 10:30 PM
Mar 2020

How many old ventilators are out there waiting to be salvaged from bankrupt rural hospitals? I smell an inflated federal contract and a bribe.

usaf-vet

(6,093 posts)
30. TWO GOLF CLUBS MAX! When arguing with a idiot I like to try and boil the argument down to terms
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 11:50 PM
Mar 2020
they understand. WHY MORE THAN TWO CLUBS to play a round of golf?

NY says they need 40,000 ventilators. Even though Trump is likely to claim he knows more about ventilators than any doctor. After all, he is the defacto smartest guy in any room... right?

Ok, so I have played maybe in my lifetime 50 rounds of golf. 18 holes per round. I know for sure I have more time on a golf course than Trump has in a hospital ER or ICU. I do know quite a bit about ERs and ICU and ventilators as a former military medic. But that is not the point.

The point is with my 50 rounds of golf I feel more qualified to discuss golf then Trump is qualified to discuss ER or ICU medicine.

So to the point, I see no reason why Trump should need more than two clubs in his golf bag. One wood (driver) and one iron. If he is any kind of golfer at all WHY does the stupid SOB need more than two clubs.

He should make do with it TWO CLUBS. I bet he has a whiny bitchy argument why HE needs more than two clubs.
But no intelligent qualified argument about ventilators. Either he would be lying or boasting about his MIT uncle if he had anything to say.

Then he should STFU and go play golf and let the Doctors decide how many ventilators they need to save lives.

Harker

(13,870 posts)
32. If I thought he'd take your suggestion to bug off
Sat Mar 28, 2020, 12:01 AM
Mar 2020

I'd volunteer to carry his clubs. Both of them.

usaf-vet

(6,093 posts)
41. And I would pay you for your time. Including a cool one or two at the 19th hole.
Sat Mar 28, 2020, 08:24 AM
Mar 2020

Otherwise, the cheap greedy SOB would stiff you.

I fact I would pay you a bonus for "combat pay" or "hazardous duty pay."

cstanleytech

(26,080 posts)
23. He wont he already said he will only help those that treat him well and that's why
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 11:31 PM
Mar 2020

NY, California, Washington and every other state and city that does not bow down and kiss his whiny ass will not get much if any help.

marble falls

(56,358 posts)
22. He's making it up. His fans'll wonder where those ventilators are when Granma is in the ...
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 11:29 PM
Mar 2020

hospital dying for the economy.

cstanleytech

(26,080 posts)
24. Trump knows he has no friends in California and NY though and that is why I think he is going to
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 11:32 PM
Mar 2020

send as much federal aid as he can to the swing states he won in the last election so as to try and sway them.

marble falls

(56,358 posts)
27. Michigan was a key in his election. The GOP governor of Mass just told everyone to ignore Trump ...
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 11:41 PM
Mar 2020

there'd be no open events by Easter.

Warpy

(110,900 posts)
33. And where is he going to get the medical staffers to take care of the patients
Sat Mar 28, 2020, 12:16 AM
Mar 2020

since he's withholding PPE so governors will kiss his ass.

I really hope someone in Congress is on the ball and will get those suppliers on the hot seat explaining exactly why confirmed shipments are just not showing up.

UpInArms

(51,252 posts)
35. 100 days ... won't that mess with his April 12 teevee program?
Sat Mar 28, 2020, 12:23 AM
Mar 2020

You know, the grand re-opening of Wall street

bucolic_frolic

(42,663 posts)
39. The Trump Machine: Anyone who thinks you can ramp this up quickly is insane
Sat Mar 28, 2020, 06:14 AM
Mar 2020

Complex medical equipment, with electronic components and software. Integration of mechanical components. Quality and reliability matter. I'd bet these become known as The Trump Machine.

Vinca

(50,168 posts)
40. 100 days? Great. There could be 10,000 more dead people by then.
Sat Mar 28, 2020, 07:40 AM
Mar 2020

He should have been doing this back when he was calling it a "Democratic hoax."

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
52. Ford Motor announced this AM
Tue Mar 31, 2020, 05:14 PM
Mar 2020

that they will start up assembly on April 20 with first product due sometime in May. Maybe.

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