Donald Trump
Trump Tells Schumer To ‘Stop Complaining’ About Alarming Medical Supply Shortage
04.02.20 | 10:19 am
Where Things Stand: Trump Didn’t Take McConnell’s Political Out
04.01.20 | 11:08 am
The Senate majority leader tried to give him an out.
It’s hardly surprising that Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) would contort himself into a pretzel to offer President Trump some sort of excuse — especially one dripping in Trump’s favorite flavor of partisanship — for the administration’s botched handling of the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. But the befuddling bit is Trump didn’t bite.
Trump Admin DPA Use Should Be More Systematic Than Ad Hoc Reachouts To Underwear Firms
The administration needs to rapidly assemble an interagency team outside of the White House with the right experience, drawing on HHS for its health expertise, FEMA and the Department of Defense for their contracting expertise in exigencies, and other relevant departments and agencies.
03.31.20 | 6:42 pm
Where Things Stand: 2020 On His Mind
This is your TPM mid-morning briefing.
03.31.20 | 11:32 am
While President Trump was moved on Sunday by the grim data experts showed him on death projections sans tight social distancing measures, there was another set of numbers that reportedly pushed Trump to abandon his Easter pipe dream.