Is Trump the "Freddie Kitchens" of our Federal Government? Turns out he had a game plan, too...
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Remember.... we found out Freddie did not stick to a game plan either....
Trump team failed to follow NSC’s pandemic playbook
By Dan Diamond and Nahal Toosi - 4 hrs agoThe Trump administration, state officials and even individual hospital workers are now racing against each other to get the necessary masks, gloves and other safety equipment to fight coronavirus — a scramble that hospitals and doctors say has come too late and left them at risk. But according to a previously unrevealed White House playbook, the government should’ve begun a federal-wide effort to procure that personal protective equipment at least two months ago.
“Is there sufficient personal protective equipment for healthcare workers who are providing medical care?” the playbook instructs its readers, as one early decision that officials should address when facing a potential pandemic. “If YES: What are the triggers to signal exhaustion of supplies? Are additional supplies available? If NO: Should the Strategic National Stockpile release PPE to states?”
The strategies are among hundreds of tactics and key policy decisions laid out in a 69-page National Security Council playbook on fighting pandemics, which POLITICO is detailing for the first time. Other recommendations include that the government move swiftly to fully detect potential outbreaks, secure supplemental funding and consider invoking the Defense Production Act — all steps in which the Trump administration lagged behind the timeline laid out in the playbook.
“Each section of this playbook includes specific questions that should be asked and decisions that should be made at multiple levels” within the national security apparatus, the playbook urges, repeatedly advising officials to question the numbers on viral spread, ensure appropriate diagnostic capacity and check on the U.S. stockpile of emergency resources.
The playbook also stresses the significant responsibility facing the White House to contain risks of potential pandemics, a stark contrast with the Trump administration’s delays in deploying an all-of-government response and President Donald Trump's recent signals that he might roll back public health recommendations.
The guide further calls for a “unified message” on the federal response, in order to best manage the American public's questions and concerns. “Early coordination of risk communications through a single federal spokesperson is critical,” the playbook urges. However, the U.S. response to coronavirus has featured a rotating cast of spokespeople and conflicting messages; Trump already is discussing loosening government recommendations on coronavirus in order to “open” the economy by Easter, despite the objections of public health advisers.
The NSC devised the guide — officially called the Playbook for Early Response to High-Consequence Emerging Infectious Disease Threats and Biological Incidents, but known colloquially as “the pandemic playbook” — across 2016. The project was driven by career civil servants as well as political appointees, aware that global leaders had initially fumbled their response to the 2014-2015 spread of Ebola and wanting to be sure that the next response to an epidemic was better handled.
The Trump administration was briefed on the playbook’s existence in 2017, said four former officials, but two cautioned that it never went through a full, National Security Council-led interagency process to be approved as Trump administration strategy. Tom Bossert, who was then Trump’s homeland security adviser, expressed enthusiasm about its potential as part of the administration’s broader strategy to fight pandemics, two former officials said.
Bossert declined to comment on any particular document, but told POLITICO that “I engaged actively with my outgoing counterpart and took seriously their transition materials and recommendations on pandemic preparedness.”
The playbook was designed “so there wasn’t piecemeal thinking when trying to fight the next public health battle,” said one former official who contributed to the playbook, warning that “the fog of war” can lead to gaps in strategies.
“These are recommended discussions to be having on all levels, to ensure that there’s a structure to make decisions in real-time,” said a second former official.
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The way people are disregarding the so called 'stay at home' rules and lack of enforcement, I don't doubt we will be 'number one' very soon, and by quite a lot.
"You planning on having a long relationship with that glass or are you going to drink it? Drink up, man. Maybe we can get another.” - Janis Joplin, 1970. -
Got to love the very last line. "said a second former official."
No doubt bud. The entire thing is Trump's fault. Not only here foot worldwide. So, aside from bitching about it being called the Chinese flu, where does anyone suggest we go from this point? Martial law? Forced incarceration forced testing and immediate execution and cremation of anyone found with the virus? The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few?
WSS
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if Pres Trump DID follow that rule book, the left would rail against him being a dictator and a tyrant.
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Got to love the very last line. "said a second former official."
No doubt bud. The entire thing is Trump's fault. Not only here foot worldwide. So, aside from bitching about it being called the Chinese flu, where does anyone suggest we go from this point? Martial law? Forced incarceration forced testing and immediate execution and cremation of anyone found with the virus? The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few?
WSS
Got to love the very last line. "said a second former official."
No doubt bud. The entire thing is Trump's fault. Not only here foot worldwide. So, aside from bitching about it being called the Chinese flu, where does anyone suggest we go from this point? Martial law? Forced incarceration forced testing and immediate execution and cremation of anyone found with the virus? The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few?
WSS
The fault is with the Chinese. When they knew they had a major problem with a flu spread instead of contacting the WHO and bringing in medical experts they arrested those who tried to warn about the flu. When the world finally found out about what was going on in Wuhan China they had a full blown crisis on their hands. Now we have a world wide flu pandemic.
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How about this one step, if he closed the borders tight as a drum three weeks earlier than we actually did. And they still aren't that tight. I think that would have helped? Think the opposition would have had a fit?
WSS
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How about this one step, if he closed the borders tight as a drum three weeks earlier than we actually did. And they still aren't that tight. I think that would have helped? Think the opposition would have had a fit?
WSS
How about this one step, if he closed the borders tight as a drum three weeks earlier than we actually did. And they still aren't that tight. I think that would have helped? Think the opposition would have had a fit?
WSS
He's been trying to close off the border since 2016.
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How about this one step, if he closed the borders tight as a drum three weeks earlier than we actually did. And they still aren't that tight. I think that would have helped? Think the opposition would have had a fit?
WSS
He's been trying to close off the border since 2016.
He's been trying to close off the border since 2016.
Just think if it had worked we'd be laughing through this outbreak. Well everybody except the Democrats, they never laugh about anything. Anything positive anyway...
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WSS
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Just think if it had worked we'd be laughing through this outbreak. Well everybody except the Democrats, they never laugh about anything. Anything positive anyway...
WSS
Just think of all the good things that could have happened had the Dems worked with him rather than against him.
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Trump can't even follow the "playbook" when it is stated right in front of him by his team at the podium. Every night is a shitshow of inability to comprehend.
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Trump can't even follow the "playbook" when it is stated right in front of him by his team at the podium. Every night is a shitshow of inability to comprehend.
Trump can't even follow the "playbook" when it is stated right in front of him by his team at the podium. Every night is a shitshow of inability to comprehend.
WHO officials praise US leaders on coronavirus pandemic response: Trump is doing ‘all he can’
Key Points- The World Health Organization praised the Trump administration’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
- WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus singled out President Donald Trump for doing a “great job” in leveraging public and private sector resources to fight the pandemic.
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Trump can't even follow the "playbook" when it is stated right in front of him by his team at the podium. Every night is a shitshow of inability to comprehend.
WHO officials praise US leaders on coronavirus pandemic response: Trump is doing ‘all he can’
Key Points- The World Health Organization praised the Trump administration’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
- WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus singled out President Donald Trump for doing a “great job” in leveraging public and private sector resources to fight the pandemic.
WHO officials praise US leaders on coronavirus pandemic response: Trump is doing ‘all he can’
Key Points- The World Health Organization praised the Trump administration’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
- WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus singled out President Donald Trump for doing a “great job” in leveraging public and private sector resources to fight the pandemic.
If he would stick with his initial planned statement and stick with his "speakers", then get the shit out of dodge without going into his "shitshow" Q&As it would be fine. But his shitshow is just horrible and almost always contradictory to the rest of what you hear initially from him and the team. Just STFU when you are ahead. Compare that to Cuomo's daily Q&A. Night and day.
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The way people are disregarding the so called 'stay at home' rules and lack of enforcement, I don't doubt we will be 'number one' very soon, and by quite a lot.
The way people are disregarding the so called 'stay at home' rules and lack of enforcement, I don't doubt we will be 'number one' very soon, and by quite a lot.
Yup... it's as if we need someone to step up and take action on a national scale.
No doubt bud. The entire thing is Trump's fault. Not only here foot worldwide. So, aside from bitching about it being called the Chinese flu, where does anyone suggest we go from this point? Martial law? Forced incarceration forced testing and immediate execution and cremation of anyone found with the virus? The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few?
See above...
"When you have a shared vision it is a lot easier to make unpopular decisions." - Paul DePodesta "When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less." - Paul Brown Complete 2017 Browns Board Mock: http://thebrownsboard.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=46196 -
The way people are disregarding the so called 'stay at home' rules and lack of enforcement, I don't doubt we will be 'number one' very soon, and by quite a lot.
Yup... it's as if we need someone to step up and take action on a national scale.
No doubt bud. The entire thing is Trump's fault. Not only here foot worldwide. So, aside from bitching about it being called the Chinese flu, where does anyone suggest we go from this point? Martial law? Forced incarceration forced testing and immediate execution and cremation of anyone found with the virus? The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few?
See above...
Yup... it's as if we need someone to step up and take action on a national scale.
See above...
Not even the Great and Powerful Joe Biden can enforce a nationwide state of martial law. But it's nice to dream isn't it?
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WSS
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The way people are disregarding the so called 'stay at home' rules and lack of enforcement, I don't doubt we will be 'number one' very soon, and by quite a lot.
Yup... it's as if we need someone to step up and take action on a national scale.
No doubt bud. The entire thing is Trump's fault. Not only here foot worldwide. So, aside from bitching about it being called the Chinese flu, where does anyone suggest we go from this point? Martial law? Forced incarceration forced testing and immediate execution and cremation of anyone found with the virus? The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few?
See above...
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The way people are disregarding the so called 'stay at home' rules and lack of enforcement, I don't doubt we will be 'number one' very soon, and by quite a lot.
Yup... it's as if we need someone to step up and take action on a national scale.
No doubt bud. The entire thing is Trump's fault. Not only here foot worldwide. So, aside from bitching about it being called the Chinese flu, where does anyone suggest we go from this point? Martial law? Forced incarceration forced testing and immediate execution and cremation of anyone found with the virus? The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few?
See above...
Yup... it's as if we need someone to step up and take action on a national scale.
See above...
Trump said the administration is “working to publish new guidelines for State and local policymakers to use in making decisions about maintaining, increasing, or relaxing social distancing and other mitigation measures they have put in place.”
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Yup... it's as if we need someone to step up and take action on a national scale.
See above...
Trump said the administration is “working to publish new guidelines for State and local policymakers to use in making decisions about maintaining, increasing, or relaxing social distancing and other mitigation measures they have put in place.”
Trump said the administration is “working to publish new guidelines for State and local policymakers to use in making decisions about maintaining, increasing, or relaxing social distancing and other mitigation measures they have put in place.”
Trump is a moron who is going to get a lot of people killed by prematurely changing the rules to suit his own goals. The virus doesn't care.
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Trump said the administration is “working to publish new guidelines for State and local policymakers to use in making decisions about maintaining, increasing, or relaxing social distancing and other mitigation measures they have put in place.”
Trump is a moron who is going to get a lot of people killed by prematurely changing the rules to suit his own goals. The virus doesn't care.
Trump is a moron who is going to get a lot of people killed by prematurely changing the rules to suit his own goals. The virus doesn't care.
Chicken Little Syndrome
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