Trump administration overapaid 500 million for ventilators

[44nutman]

https://upolitics.com/news/house-re...tration-overpaid-500-million-for-ventilators/

Of course Jared was in charge of the purchase. I wonder how much kick back Jared is getting on all these shitty deals. First the tests from United Arab Emirates that were worthless and now over paying for ventilators.
I am so glad the son of a criminal, who is a GOAT level grifter gets put in charge of everything.
There will be books written about all the grifting done by this administration.

 

[LMP]

Trump is a great President, America has been lucky to have him lead us through this pandemic. Think how much worse it would be if he wasnt our current President.

 

[heloder]

 

[Pizza Werewolf]

Trump is a great President, America has been lucky to have him lead us through this pandemic. Think how much worse it would be if he wasnt our current President.

 

[Oceanmachine]

What is the issue? At least we got them. Sucks to overpay though

 

[ArmenianAssasin]

It was cuomo who spent the entire month crying about ventilators - trump was firm that we’re ok with our quantity

Phillips doesn’t make ventilators - so obviously their cost for emergency production will be higher than normal producers

 

[ArmenianAssasin]

What is the issue? At least we got them. Sucks to overpay though

can’t win with these people

“we need to do something for more ventilators ! We don’t have enough ventilators!!”

Defense production act invoked to have an American company make ventilators - then complain about the cost

 

[GiTGuD]

I already know the counter argument "But but it's the free market, the fact he overpaid, shows how much he loves the american people and values their lives".

 

[HereticBD]

He should've held out for a better deal. That would've totally satisfied Liberals, and they wouldn't have called him a ghoul for it...

 

[ArmenianAssasin]

I already know the counter argument "But but it's the free market, the fact he overpaid, shows how much he loves the american people and values their lives".

This is what happens when people panic and make outlandish demands and claim the president is killing people unless they’re provided

They were never needed

 

[Zankou]

Pointless. Of course you aren’t going to be paying the lowest possible price for each ventilator when you are ordering a huge quantity on a frantic production schedule.

 

[Sketch]

He should've held out for a better deal. That would've totally satisfied Liberals, and they wouldn't have called him a ghoul for it...

lmao can you imagine the outrage? Him holding out on ventilators to get a better deal.

 

[all caps]

Oh now we're gonna cry about getting all the things we begged for shocking

 

[reveler]

alternate reality headline was "trump purchased shitty low-bid ventilators because he hates america"

 

[xcvbn]

BUT $600 FOR WORKING POORS IS NOT FAIR!

 

[ArmenianAssasin]

Pointless. Of course you aren’t going to be paying the lowest possible price for each ventilator when you are ordering a huge quantity on a frantic production schedule.

I mean Phillips didn’t even make ventilators prior , we forced them to because there was a shortage and there were none on the market available

article is nonsense

 

[44nutman]

Obama got the ventilators for cheaper. Not bad for a community organizer who made a better deal than a dude that is supposed to be some kind of great businessman with all his bankruptcies, inherited like 600 million, and can only get loans from one bank.

 

[HereticBD]

lmao can you imagine the outrage? Him holding out on ventilators to get a better deal.

@44nutman thread in this alternate universe:

"Trump Administration Held Off Purchasing Ventilators Over Price: Hang Them All!!!"

 

[Holic]

TDS megathread.

Trump has too many ventilators, Trump overpaid.
Trump has too few ventilators, Trump sat on his gold while Americans died.
Trump has the exact number of ventilators, Trump engineered the virus to thwart his enemies.

 

[ArmenianAssasin]

Obama got the ventilators for cheaper. Not bad for a community organizer who made a better deal than a dude that is supposed to be some kind of great businessman with all his bankruptcies, inherited like 600 million, and can only get loans from one bank.

do you think anything changed in the market from when Obama was purchasing them and when trump had to enact the dpa because there were no ventilators available anywhere to buy?

The latter part of your statement is just nonsense you heard somewhere are recycling