Pentagon chief warned overseas commanders not to surprise White House on coronavirus measures: report
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Pentagon chief warned overseas commanders not to surprise White House on coronavirus measures: report
Defense Secretary Mark Esper asked overseas military commanders to not to make any coronavirus-related decisions that could surprise the White House or contradict President Trump ’s statements on the illness, The New York Times reported .
Esper gave the directive last week during a video teleconference call with U.S. combatant commanders based overseas, telling the military leaders that they should check back with the Pentagon before making any moves to help shield U.S. forces from COVID-19, defense officials told The Times.
The Trump administration has sought to ease concerns about the virus , with the president insisting last week that the virus is under control.
As of Monday, there are more than 100 known coronavirus cases in 15 states, with six deaths in Washington state.
Trump has since changed his messaging, saying that health officials expect more cases but that there was no reason to panic.
The commander in chief has also sought to downplay the virus’s impact on financial markets and claimed on Monday night that “Washington Democrats are trying to politicize the coronavirus.”
But in the Defense Department, military leaders are scrambling to make sure their troops are protected.
In the past week the department has canceled a joint military exercise with South Korea and in Israel, restricted access to public areas at Army installations in Italy, ordered a stop to nonessential travel in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf region, and directed all ships that have visited countries in the Pacific region to remain at sea for 14 days.
Though only one active-duty soldier has tested positive for the virus in South Korea, more than 75,000 U.S. forces are in countries that are experiencing outbreaks.
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Trump is the deep state he has warned himself against.
Not really. These higher-level assholes expect the built-in deniability that the chain-of-command offers yet don't mind publicly blind-siding the boss. Make a dick out of Esper and it's time for Shady Pines.
Mr. Trump is doing what he sees as a good thing..............
I call it pandering.
Let's agree that Trump has one billion dollars of net worth. When he gives 100,000 dollars to charity, that is the same thing as someone with the median U.S. net worth ($97,000) giving $9.70 to charity. (1/10,000)
He wants praise for donating 1/10,000 of his wealth to fight coronavirus?
Hip hip hooray !
I guess for the same reason someone is praised for giving 1/10,000 of their money.
when he considers our tax dollars to be his personal enrichment foundation
donations, was banned from operating a charity, as he profitted from it, guy ?
is that why you might inquire about an inquiry kinda material ?
Or otherwise known as extreme TDS. If they deny it, they suffer from it.
i'd appraise his ass sets as a worthless than more worth while causes
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some to be ill
conceived
did you come up with that one ?
didnt someone put up a link saying trump donated his quarterly salary? what does that have to do with the seed?
im glad he donated some money, but its not notable. Its 1/10,000th of his money.
do you want to drop the subject or do you want me to say it again ?
Never fucking mind. I'm not going to humor you all night.
Trump donated 1/10000 th of his money (based on him being a billionaire). Whoop de do.
Who do you believe, Trump, or all the public health professionals? For example, if the CDC says one thing, and Trump says the opposite, in all honesty whose advice will you take? And I mean like your life is on the line.
If your name is Trump - he's fair game to a number of whiners on NT.
Yeah - and he DONATES his Presidential salary each pay period.
Four presidents refused a salary. Instead, they donated all or part of it.
Our information has changed, too. Now we know we have community transfer of the virus. Before, experts assumed that for someone to be infected, they either had to be traveling from China or have been in close contact with someone who had. Now we have people infected in the U.S. and we don't know how they were infected.
Damn Democratic Hoaxes !
Awesome,
The pussy in chief is so sensitive to bad news that our troops should become hotbeds of infection and the alarm shouldn't be sounded.