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Quixote1818

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Fri Apr 3, 2020, 12:52 AM Apr 2020

Obama officials walked Trump aides through global pandemic exercise in 2017: report

The Obama administration walked incoming Trump administration officials through a hypothetical scenario in which a pandemic worse than the 1918 Spanish flu shut down cities like Seoul and London in early 2017, Politico reported.

During the briefing, Trump administration officials were told such a pandemic would likely lead to circumstances such as shortages of ventilators and that a coordinated national response would be “paramount,” according to documents obtained by the publication.

Of the Trump administration officials present during the meeting, about 66 percent no longer serve in the White House, according to Politico.

“The advantage we had under Obama was that during the first four years we had the same White House staff, the same Cabinet,” former Deputy Labor Secretary Chris Lu, who was present for the meeting, told the publication. “Just having the continuity makes all the difference in the world.”

"Thirty Trump officials attended the exercise (Cabinet and senior White House staff)," Lu added in a tweet on Monday. "But the vast majority of these officials are no longer in government

"When you're dealing with a crisis like #COVID19, stable and experienced leadership matters."

More: https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/488069-obama-officials-walked-trump-aides-through-global-pandemic-exercise-in-2017

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Obama officials walked Trump aides through global pandemic exercise in 2017: report (Original Post) Quixote1818 Apr 2020 OP
Republicans hate government. They want a ruler who hates the same people blm Apr 2020 #1
Was the presentation entitled... LudwigPastorius Apr 2020 #2

LudwigPastorius

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2. Was the presentation entitled...
Fri Apr 3, 2020, 03:25 AM
Apr 2020

“Coronavirus Determined to Strike in the U.S.”?


Call me crazy, but I’m starting to detect a pattern with Republican administrations here.

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