Trumps pathetic "opioid briefing" fails miserably, [View all]

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It also struck me when I saw Melania sitting next to Trump during this briefing on this opioid crisis. I did not see Jared in the photo but this article says he was there.



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Trump’s pathetic "opioid briefing" fails miserably, proves his "working vacation" is a sham

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By Eric Boehlert | August 9, 2017

Tump appeared at his golf resort to discuss America's deadly drug overdose epidemic. It did not go well.
(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Touted as a major policy briefing from Donald Trump and his team of senior health care advisers, Tuesday’s “working vacation” event on America’s raging opioid epidemic turned out to be a pointless photo op, where a disconnected Trump read incoherent talking points while his wife and son-in-law looked on.

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He later added, “We will win. We have no alternative. We have to win for our youth. We have to win for our young people.

Not only does the “Just Say No” approach not work, it ignores the fact that that opioid epidemic is driven, in part, by prescriptions written up by doctors to patients who then become addicted to the painkillers. Are “young people” supposed to say no to doctors?
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Meanwhile, who holds a drug epidemic briefing at a golf resort? Trump does, as part of his so-called working vacation. But Trump just mailed the whole thing in anyway.



From the White House press pool report: “Trump first delivered a statement about the opioid crisis, mostly reading from a piece of paper and sitting with both elbows on the table. Trump mostly looked down as he spoke.”
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But Trump’s ignoring the entire report — there will be no state of emergency declared — which explained why Christie flew off for an Italy vacation rather than appear with Trump.

Also absent from the briefing was anyone from the Drug Enforcement Agency, which has taken a lead role in fighting the crisis.

Who did attend the photo op? Jared Kushner and Melania Trump. Question: What opioid, addiction, or public health policy expertise does Kushner have? What expertise does Melania have? She almost never accompanies Trump domestically for policy events. So why did she suddenly appear at a golf resort briefing about America’s deadly opioid crisis?....................................