Crumbs for thought:
Trump invoked the Defense Production Act. Here’s how he can use its powers
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/20/trump-invoked-the-defense-production-act-heres-how-he-can-use-its-powers.html
Trump orders General Motors to make ventilators under Defense Production Act
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/27/trump-orders-general-motors-to-make-ventilators-under-defense-production-act.html
"We sent thousands of generators to New York … the people in New York never distribute it the generators." – Trump repeatedly refers to ventilators as "generators"
https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1244394071982051329
"Every incredible worker here today is part of the greatest mobilization of American society since World War Two. You know that, right? We’ve done things with generators and ventilators and so many different things. We’re making products that nobody ever thought we’d ever need in any mass form.
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To this end, earlier today I signed an executive order — just signed it — invoking the Defense Production Act to grant new authority to the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation. Just a little while, on the plane. This federal agency normally invests in economic development projects in other countries. I said, “How about investing in our country?” We invest in other countries."
https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-owens-minor-inc-distribution-center-allentown-pa/
"I’m just saying this: If they’re holding — let me give you one example. We sent thousands of generators to New York. They were put into a warehouse — a New York warehouse — that happened to be located, interestingly, in Edison, New Jersey. They were given to New York, and we then went to other places, also giving thousands of ventilators. The people in New York never distributed the generators.
https://it.usembassy.gov/remarks-by-president-trump-vice-president-pence-and-members-of-the-coronavirus-task-force-in-press-briefing-2/
Trump repeatedly called ventilators "generators" in his Sunday briefing and made a quip about the irony of the "generators" being stored in a warehouse in Edison N.J.
https://www.quora.com/Trump-repeatedly-called-ventilators-generators-in-his-Sunday-briefing-and-made-a-quip-about-the-irony-of-the-generators-being-stored-in-a-warehouse-in-Edison-N-J-Does-he-know-that-ventilators-are-not-a-form-of
Trump hasn't ordered any ventilators from GM, despite saying he was using wartime powers to force production
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/04/02/coronavirus-trump-said-force-gm-build-ventilators-he-hasnt/5100856002/