3M officially responds to Trump's inhumane demands ...

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29. Any competent leader would have been able to navigate the system.

With global supply chains there is some nuance with trade that has to be navigated. The problem isn't the global supply chain, although it would likely be prudent to have at least several manufacturers making materials using our own resources in the US.

The problem with the response is simply that Trump is stupid, greedy, and vindictive. GM was gearing up to make ventilators along with a partner. They were waiting for leadership from D.C. to officially kick off. They received none. They went at it without the leadership, then Trump threatened to invoke DPA but not to get what we need, to punish GM for going public about the delays. Now he is going after 3M when they were already producing masks near capacity?

If anything is wrong systemically with how things are operating with regards to "masks in and masks out, it is reliance on the capitalist market system. We definitely need to look into how capitalism fails often and badly when it comes to distribution of goods and services especially in crisis situation with lifesaving products and services.