Quick notes/theories/comical points from POTUS presser
Holy Week, passover, good fridat, easter
Getting closer to reopening country
184 countries under attack as we speak 1-8-4 gonna win sooner than ppl think
Use time to pray & consider relationship w/ God.
World is watching US
BoJo doing better best regards BoJo!
Sec of State doing good.
Pompeo: State dept doing there prt to get ppl home, repatriation of over 50,000+ Americans from more than 90+ countries/490+ flights back worldwide, massive coordination effort.
Americans are family
Also helping other countries too.
Q for Pompeo: How do you know when you're done.
Pompeo: Over 7000 currently being worked on, it'll be done when this is over.
All resources being utilized.
Q for Pompeo re: Testing for covid on State dept employees & on repatriated 50,000+ ppl
Pompeo: Embassies open except in Wuhan, handful of employees tested positive, mitigating any exposure
Q for Pompeo re: Do you feel China withheld critical info & will there be consequences for that?
Pompeo: Not the time for retribution, but need f clarity/transparency to get good data, data sharing of good intel worldwide necessary.
Q for Pompeo re: But should they(China) have given data sooner?
Pompeo: EVERY country needs to share info openly, timely, transparently & quickly.
Q for Pompeo re: WHO having a fundraiser for $700million for corona virus resources, China has only donated $20million, U.S. donated even less, do you feel China should give more?
Pompeo: Currently reevaluating our funding for WHO, gotta make sure WHO & other orgs are utilizing tax payer money correctly & orgs are actually doing their jobs properly. WHO hasn't accomplished what it's supposed to deliver.
Q for Pompeo re: Covid positive staffers are they getting hydroxychloriquine treat ment & will it be available to staff over seas?
Pompeo: I actually don't know, but we'll deliver best medical help available.
Q for Pompeo re: Corona virus #'s in Iran & weather we're helpin Iran or not?
Pompeo: We've offered assistance since virus struck there, they declined offer of humanitarian assistance from U.S., also there are no sanctions preventing Humanitarian assistance, even tried getting other countries to help & only a few have been able to help Iran.
Q for Pompeo re: Are you allowing exports of med equip RN, what's staus of that?
Pompeo: Making sure Americans have we need, helping teach other countries & w/ infrastructure to handle virus like this.
Q for Pompeo re: Staff over seas helping evacuate getting sick
Pompeo: Not that I know of, talks about removing ppl from Wuhan, safety utmost import, in total 3 fatalities of gov employees so far.
Q for Pompeo re: Calls for leadership change at WHO.
Pompeo: This isn't the time to do that, there'll be plenty of time later for looking back. Meantime our duty is protecting American tax payers not gonna waste resources on orgs not performing as advertised.
Q for Pompeo re: How would you broadly characterize work w/ China RN?
Pompeo: (This is my I wanna slap you face…FYI) Lotsa places been working w/ us providing assistance where needed & do give us data we need & we appreciate that. They say they wanna cooperate w/ us & we're prepared to do that. Expect EVERY country to be sharing correct data in timely manner.
See ya later Kansas!
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