Trump
greenlights call-up of
one MILLION reservists to
battle Covid-19
RT,
27
March, 2020
The
number of mobilized reservists is “not to exceed 1,000,000 members
on active duty at any one time.” The Pentagon and Homeland
Security are
supposed
to ensure “appropriate consultation is undertaken with relevant
state officials” about using National Guard reserves activated
under this order.
The
call-up is part of a flurry of presidential actions aimed against the
Covid-19 outbreak on
Friday, including the signing of a $2.2 trillion stimulus and
relief bill – widely criticized on both sides of the
aisle in Congress, but passed
anyway
– and invoking the Defense Production Act to compel automakers
to produce ventilators needed to treat severe coronavirus cases.
Trump
has been reluctant to invoke the authority under the DPA for over a
week,
saying the major corporations had offered to comply with federal
supply requests voluntarily, only to blow up at General Motors
and Ford in a series of angry tweets in the morning.
The
US shot to first place in the world by the number of registered
Covid-19
cases,
ahead of Italy and China – where the contagion originated in
December–
with
over 100,000 people testing positive, and more than 1,500 fatalities.
https://www.rt.com/uk/484332-coronavirus-us-record-cases/
https://www.rt.com/usa/484308-trump-gm-coronavirus-ventilators/
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