Coronavirus: US states 'should have been building' ventilator stockpiles, says Trump

2020-04-03 712

US states "should have been building their stockpiles" of ventilators, says President Donald Trump during a daily news briefing at the White House on the coronavirus pandemic. Trump adds that the federal government is supposed to act as a "backup" for states across the country. "We’re not an ordering clerk, we’re a backup," he says. "And we’ve done an unbelievable job."