A reminder: Trump also classified Covid19 meetings

[Solly Mack]

Which is probably when he told them to slow down testing. I included the mission statement of the Department of Health and Human Services because of what it claims its purpose is to Americans.

The "Parent Agency " is the White House, which means it answers to Trump. Other federal health agencies fall under the HHS.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The Department of Health and Human Services protects the health of all Americans and provides essential human services.


Parent Agency

***White House***

March, 2020

White House told federal health agency to classify coronavirus deliberations.


The White House has ordered federal health officials to treat top-level coronavirus meetings as classified, an unusual step that has restricted information and hampered the U.S. government’s response to the contagion, according to four Trump administration officials.

The officials said that dozens of classified discussions about such topics as the scope of infections, quarantines and travel restrictions have been held since mid-January in a high-security meeting room at the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), a key player in the fight against the coronavirus.

June 20, 2020

Trump says he wanted testing slowed down...


(CNN)In a shocking admission during his Tulsa, Oklahoma, rally on Saturday night, President Donald Trump said he had told officials in his administration to slow down coronavirus testing because of the rising number of cases in America...