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trump | And also Senat... I want to ask another question, if you'll let me. Senator Lindsey Graham and also Senator Scott--Rick Scott--are self-isolating. Are you planning to take any kind of precautionary measure to protect you and also your staff who was there with him? | speech |
trump | The emergency orders I am issuing today will also confer broad new authority to the Secretary of Health and Human Services. The Secretary of HHS will be able to immediately waive provisions of applicable laws and regulations to give doctors, hospital--all hospitals--and healthcare providers maximum flexibility to respond to the virus and care for patients. | speech |
trump | Go ahead, please. Go ahead. | speech |
trump | Next, please. Next, please. | speech |
trump | We're working--our drug companies, our pharmaceutical companies are working very closely with China and with India, as you know, and with, all over the world. And they're all over the world. These are magnificent companies that are very, very knowledgeable. | speech |
trump | We have many, many locations behind us, by the way. We cover the, this country in large part. So the world, by the way, we're not going to be talking about the world right now. But we cover very, very strongly our country. Stores in virtually every location. | speech |
trump | In LabCorp and Quest's early data, they're running about 1 to 2 percent positive. That means that we have a lot more other respiratory disease out there besides the coronavirus. And that's why the screening is critical. But even with the screening, we're going to low, run what we think are very low rates. | speech |
trump | Stephen Rusckowski, Quest Diagnostics. Please. Great job. Thank you very much. | speech |
trump | I want to thank Deborah Birx, and I want to ask her maybe to come up and say a few words as to what's happening. Dr. Birx is a highly respected person. I've gotten to know her very well over the last six days. And what we've done is rebuild something that was very old, very old-fashioned, somewhat obsolete. Certainly obsolete when it comes to the kind of numbers that we're talking about. | speech |
trump | And a follow-up on Brazil: You're asking people who come back from America--from Europe--Americans who are coming back from Europe to self-quarantine for a couple weeks. You were in a picture with somebody who now has coronavirus from Brazil, at Mar-a-Lago. How is that different? | speech |
trump | It's incredible what's--sports--what's happening with the sporting world, where so many of the great sports that we've gotten so used to at this time of the year, they're not going to be meeting. And they've done a great service actually. But that--would be another way that it could be--problems could be caused. | speech |
trump | We're working on that. We're working out a schedule. | speech |
trump | So we're with you every step of the way. No nation is more prepared or more equipped to face down this crisis. As you know, we are rated number one in the world. | speech |
trump | If I could, some of these folks we know; they're celebrities in their own right. They're the biggest business people, the greatest retailers anywhere in the world. And one of them is Doug McMillon from Walmart. And I'd like to have Doug, if you would, say a few words, wherever you may be. | speech |
trump | Okay. Please go ahead. | speech |
trump | Well, I just think it's a nasty question because what we've done is--and Tony has said numerous times that we've saved thousands of lives because of the quick closing. And when you say "me," I didn't do it. We have a group of people I could... | speech |
trump | Needless to say, though, we're taking it extraordinarily seriously to plan for what could come. Not what Dr. Fauci talked about--blunting the curve--that makes it much less high need at that peak of the curve that we're all planning for. | speech |
trump | And for Dr. Birx, as the administration tries to get its arms around this test kit shortage issue, the next glaring need could be respirators and related hospital equipment. So what is the administration doing right now to ramp up production of respirators and that kind of equipment should this outbreak persist? | speech |
trump | But last Tuesday, seeing the spread of the virus around the globe, the President realized that our current approach to testing was inadequate to need--to meet the needs of the American public. He asked for an entire overhaul of the testing approach. He immediately called the private sector laboratories to the White House, as noted, and charged them with developing a high-throughput quality platform that can meet the needs of the American public. | speech |
trump | I spoke to the governor of Iowa today, and some of those who now have been cleared are able, in proper supervision, to be returning to Iowa, where they're making arrangements for them to do that. Others in Texas, others in Georgia. Again, it's another example of the extraordinary cooperation of Governor Abbott, Governor Gavin Newsom, Governor Brian Kemp of Georgia. | speech |
trump | Thank you all very much. If you have any questions, we can take some. | speech |
trump | We've been working very hard on this. We've made tremendous progress. When you compare what we've done to other areas of the world, it's pretty incredible. A lot of that had to do with the early designation and the closing of the borders. | speech |
trump | Thank you very much, Tom. Great job you've done. | speech |
trump | The same thing holds true for a variety of other disease. Why cancer is more prevalent in some--in mostly in older individuals--because the immune system that screens for it is less robust. So it really is something that is kind of well-known over a lot of studies. | speech |
trump | The ability to waive laws to enable telehealth, a fairly new and incredible thing that's happened in the--in the not-so-distant past. I tell you, what they've done with telehealth is incredible. It gives remote doctors' visits and hospital check-ins. | speech |
trump | The spirit and the will of our nation is unbreakable. We will defeat this threat. When America is tested, America rises to the occasion. | speech |
trump | Google has 1,700 engineers working on this right now. They've made tremendous progress. Our overriding goal is to stop the spread of the virus and to help all Americans who have been impacted by this. | speech |
trump | I'd like to ask Mike Pence to say a few words, please. VP. | speech |
trump | So when I said that, I meant the system was not designed for what we need. Now, looking forward, the system will take care of it. | speech |
trump | So far, people haven't been asking. But if they should be asking, we'll, we want to make sure our airlines are very strong. And then, one day, and one day, all of a sudden, it wasn't looking so good. | speech |
trump | This innovative approach centered fully on unleashing the power of the private sector, focusing on providing convenient testing to hundreds of thousands of Americans within short turnaround times. In less than two weeks together, we have developed a solution that we believe will meet the future needs--testing needs of Americans. | speech |
trump | I understand how difficult this has been. I was part of the HIV/AIDS response in the '80s. We knew, from diag...from first finding cases in 1981, it took us to almost 1985 to have a test. It took us another 11 years to have effective therapy. It is because of the lessons learned from that that we were able to mobilize and bring those individuals that were key to the HIV response to this response. | speech |
trump | Right. Better. | speech |
trump | And we're going to do it very quickly. And I hope we won't need it very long, but whatever it takes. | speech |
trump | But, yeah, their numbers have gone up fairly precipitously over the last 24 hours, so we may be adding that, and we may be adding a couple of others. And we may, frankly, start thinking about taking some off. | speech |
trump | Brian Cornell, Target. Thank you, Brian. Thank you. Please. | speech |
trump | To help our students and their families, I've waived interest on all student loans held by federal government agencies, and that will be until further notice. That's a big thing for a lot of students that are left in the middle right now. Many of those schools have been closed. | speech |
trump | We're doing a great job. Let me tell you, these professionals behind me and the--these great, incredible doctors and business people--the best in the world. And I can say that. Whether it's retailers or labs, or anything you want to say, these are the best of the world. We're doing a great job. | speech |
trump | Italy is having a very, yeah, we're in touch with Italy and, you know, it's a, it's a country that we love.& We have tremendous--millions and millions of people, originally--origins from Italy. And we're working with them. They're in a very, they're in, probably, relatively speaking, the toughest position of all. | speech |
trump | We'll remove or eliminate every obstacle necessary to deliver our people the care that they need and that they're entitled to. No resource will be spared. Nothing whatsoever. | speech |
trump | Italy has got a tough situation, but they're, they're really, they have really clamped down and I think they're going to see some very good results. It's tough. What they did, they really took their medicine, but they're going to see some much better results. | speech |
trump | Thank you very much, everyone. Thank you. Thank you. | speech |
trump | I also announced Wednesday night, following the advice of our medical professionals who are doing a tremendous job--and we appreciate it very much--that we're suspending the entry of foreign nationals who have been to Europe in the last 14 days from entering the United States. Citizens, permanent residents, and our families--and even the families returning from Europe, will be subject to extra screening as well self-isolation for a period of 14 days. | speech |
trump | Thomas Moriarty, CVS. We all know CVS. Thank you. | speech |
trump | No, we have our deal with China. They're going to be buying $250 billion worth of goods and $50 billion from our farmers. And that's a great deal for our country; it's about time somebody did that. And, frankly, phase two, we'll start negotiating. | speech |
trump | To unleash the full power of the federal government in this effort, today I am officially declaring a national emergency. Two very big words. The action I am taking will open up access to up to $50 billion of very importantly--very important and a large amount of money for states and territories and localities in our shared fight against this disease. | speech |
trump | Thank you very much. Great job. Thank you. | speech |
trump | I think you have to remember, though: We're working very closely with states, and you have a smaller form and more targeted form of government going in and doing it, like, in New York, where the relationship is very good; like Gavin Newsom, where he made some very complimentary--because that's California--he made some really complimentary comments the other day about how we're working together. We worked on the ship together, but we worked on a lot of other things together, having to do with this. | speech |
trump | They had a very big failure with swine flu. A very big failure. | speech |
trump | As the President mentioned, we now have capabilities from Roche diagnostics that we will bring into our facilities this weekend. And I know myself and also my colleague at LabCorp will be doing the same, so the capacity available to the American public to support this action with consumers will be considerably increased in the next few weeks. | speech |
trump | Thank you very much. Great job. | speech |
trump | That is the intent of this approach. We have seen it work just in our own United States, and we want to bring this across the continent. | speech |
trump | And Matt Sause, please, of Roche. Matt? Thank you, Matt. | speech |
trump | Key among these efforts are breaking chains of transmission between people. These measures have been adopted by many companies, universities, and schools. And we want to protect the safety and the health of their employees and their students. I encourage everyone to follow the guidelines we've issued by CDC and these commonsense measures. A lot of it is common sense. | speech |
trump | Well, I don't know that I had exposure, but I don't have any of the symptoms. And we do have a White House doctor and, I should say, many White House doctors, frankly. And I asked them that same question, and they said, "You don't have any symptoms whatsoever." And we don't want people without symptoms to go and do the test. The test is not insignificant. | speech |
trump | And the hospital emergency preparedness plan allows them to defer elective issues to keep those hospital beds open for those who might need it. So we're in full planning mode for each of those things. | speech |
trump | And, as you know, Europe was just designated as the hotspot right now, and we closed that border a while ago. So that was lucky or through talent or through luck. Call it whatever you want. But through a very collective action and shared sacrifice and national determination, we will overcome the threat of the virus. | speech |
trump | Adam Schechter, who has really been of tremendous help. LabCorp. Please. Adam? | speech |
trump | The ability to waive the requirements of a three-day hospital stay prior to admission to a nursing home. Big thing. | speech |
trump | Mr. President, I want to join you in thanking Walmart and CVS and Target and Walgreen. These are companies that are synonymous with communities large and small, where people come together. And now they're going to come together to meet the needs of the American public. | speech |
trump | We have a proposal from the cruise line industry, but they're currently considering what other steps that they might take, perhaps even similar to what those other lines have taken. We're anticipating some response on that in the next 24 hours. | speech |
trump | As a result of that action, today we're announcing a new partnership with private sector to vastly increase and accelerate our capacity to test for the coronavirus. We want to make sure that those who need a test can get a test very safely, quickly, and conveniently. But we don't want people to take a test if, if we feel that they shouldn't be doing it. And we don't want everyone running out and taking. Only if you have certain symptoms. | speech |
trump | We must take all precautions and be responsible for the actions that we take and that we see other people take. We want to prevent the spread and transmission of the disease. | speech |
trump | No, we, we have. We're talking about it, country to country, but we did discuss if he had a problem. It was reported that he may have it, and he doesn't, fortunately. | speech |
trump | And we've been in continuous contact, as you said, with governors around the country. And, Mr. President, you have forged a seamless partnership with every state and every territory in this country to put the health of our nation first. | speech |
trump | A beautiful day in the Rose Garden. Appreciate everybody being here. Today, I'd like to provide an update to the American people on several decisive new actions we're taking in our very vigilant effort to combat and ultimately defeat the coronavirus. | speech |
trump | The important piece in this all is they've gone from a machine that may have a lower throughput, to the potential to have automated extraction. I know you don't want all of these details, but it's really key for the laboratory people. It's an automated extraction of the RNA that then runs in an automated way on the machine, with no one touching it, and the result comes out at the other end. | speech |
trump | The CDC has published guidelines on the Coronavirus.gov to enable--it's Coronavirus.gov, and it's very, very heavily used right now, I will say--to enable every American to respond to this epidemic and to protect themselves, their families, and their communities, while the risks to young and healthy Americans remains very low. We've learned a lot about this over the last two weeks. Anyone can be a carrier for the virus and risk transmission to older Americans and those with underlying health conditions and those who are most at risk. They have not done very well. Older Americans who are, especially, if they have a health problem, they have not done well. | speech |
trump | I just want to make one note: In South Korea, I want to repeat, only 4 percent of the tests were positive. That means 96 percent of the people had a different respiratory disease because we're in the middle of flu season, cold season, and all of the other respiratory diseases that we get every day. | speech |
trump | And again, I've said we're learning a lot for the future and future problems like this, or worse. Or worse. It could get worse. The next eight weeks are critical. We can learn--and we will turn a corner on this virus. | speech |
trump | We need to be consistent in adopting measures to limit the spread of the virus. The virus is the same, whether it's spreading in cities, towns, or rural communities. The tools and tactics for attacking it are similar no matter where you go. No matter where you go. You have some hotspots throughout the world right now that people would have never thought possible, and they're being very seriously affected. | speech |
trump | But to add to that, the President directed me last Saturday to travel down to Miami. We met with all the leaders of the cruise line industry. Several cruise lines have announced a 60-day pause in operations. Our Department of Homeland Security has praised them for doing that because of the unique health challenges particularly presented to seniors with underlying conditions. | speech |
trump | But, for now, the best advice that we can give for people is to speak to their doctor, as the President just said. And if the doctor indicates, that physician--if it's not a university hospital or otherwise authorized lab--can contact the state lab. And, again, every state lab in the country can perform tests today. | speech |
trump | You have Election Day, and the laws are very strong on that. You have an Election Day. And they don't want votes cast after Election Day, and they want the process to be an honest one. It's so important. We want an honest election, and we want an honest count, and we want honest people working back there because it's a very important job. | speech |
trump | Today, we're on track to win Arizona. We only need to carry, I guess, 55 percent of the remaining vote -- 55 percent margins. And that's a margin that we've significantly exceeded. So we'll see what happens with that, but we're on track to do okay in Arizona. | speech |
trump | It's amazing how those mail-in ballots are so one-sided, too. I know that it's supposed to be to the advantage of the Democrats, but in all cases, they're so one-sided. | speech |
trump | The Washington Post had Biden up 17 points in Wisconsin, and it was basically even. They were off by about 17 points, and they knew that. They're not stupid people. They knew that. Suppression. | speech |
trump | And you see that on Election Night. We were ahead in votes in North Carolina by a lot -- tremendous number of votes. And we're still ahead by a lot, but not as many because they're finding ballots all of a sudden. "Oh, we have some mail-in ballots." | speech |
trump | And I -- I tell you, I would -- I have been talking about this for many months with all of you. And I've said very strongly that mail-in ballots are going to end up being a disaster. Small elections were a disaster. Small, very easy-to-handle elections were disastrous. | speech |
trump | The 11th Circuit ruled that, in Georgia, the votes have been in by Election Day -- that they should be in by Election Day, and they weren't. Votes are coming in after Election Day. And they had a ruling already that you have to have the votes in by Election Day. To the best of my knowledge, votes should be in by Election Day, and they didn't do that. | speech |
trump | So it will be hopefully cleared up, maybe soon; I hope soon. But it'll probably go through a process -- a legal process. And, as you know, I've claimed certain states and he's claiming states. So we can both claim the states, but ultimately I have a feeling judges are going to have to rule. But there's been a lot of shenanigans, and we can't stand for that in our country. | speech |
trump | In Philadelphia, observers have been kept far away -- very far away -- so far that people are using binoculars to try and see, and there's been tremendous problems caused. They put paper on all of the windows so you can't see in, and the people that are banned are very unhappy and become somewhat violent. | speech |
trump | One major hub for counting ballots in Detroit covered up the windows, again, with large pieces of cardboard. And so they wanted to protect and block the counting area. They didn't want anybody seeing the counting, even though these were observers who are legal observers that were supposed to be there. | speech |
trump | And it's been properly acknowledged, actually, by the media. They were, I think, very impressed, but that was after the fact. That doesn't do us any good. | speech |
trump | I challenge Joe and every Democrat to clarify that they only want legal votes. Because they talk about votes, and I think they should use the word "legal" -- "legal votes." "We want every legal vote counted." And I want every legal vote counted. We want openness and transparency -- no secret count rooms, no mystery ballots, no illegal votes being cast after Election Day. | speech |
trump | The officials overseeing the counting in Pennsylvania and other key states are all part of a corrupt Democrat machine that you've written about -- and, for a long time, you've been writing about the corrupt Democrat machine. I went to school there, and I know a lot about it. It hasn't changed. It's a long time ago, and it hasn't changed. It's gotten worse. | speech |
trump | And there are many instances which will be reported very shortly. There's tremendous litigation going on. And this is a case where they're trying to steal an election, they're trying to rig an election, and we can't let that happen. Detroit and Philadelphia -- known as two of the most corrupt political places anywhere in our country, easily -- cannot be responsible for engineering the outcome of a presidential race -- a very important presidential race. | speech |
trump | Our goal is to defend the integrity of the election. We'll not allow the corruption to steal such an important election or any election, for that matter. And we can't allow silence -anybody to silence our voters and manufacture results. | speech |
trump | It's a corrupt system. And it makes people corrupt even if they aren't by nature, but they become corrupt; it's too easy. They want to find out how many votes they need, and then they seem to be able to find them. They wait and wait, and then they find them. | speech |
trump | So you don't have postmarks; you don't have identification. There have been a number of disturbing irregularities across the nation. Our campaign has been denied access to observe any counting in Detroit. Detroit is another place -- and I wouldn't say has the best reputation for election integrity. | speech |
trump | In Georgia, a pipe burst in a faraway location, totally unrelated to the location of what was happening, and they stopped counting for four hours, and a lot of things happened. The election apparatus in Georgia is run by Democrats. | speech |
trump | As everyone now recognizes, media polling was election interference, in the truest sense of that word, by powerful special interests. These really phony polls -- I have to call them phony polls, fake polls -- were designed to keep our voters at home, create the illusion of momentum for Mr. Biden, and diminish Republicans' ability to raise funds. They were what's called "suppression polls." Everyone knows that now. And it's never been used to the extent that it's been used on this last election. | speech |
trump | Our administration is working closely with local authorities to investigate the shooting and learn everything we can. We are committed to working with state and local leaders to help secure our schools, and tackle the difficult issue of mental health. | speech |
trump | In these moments of heartache and darkness, we hold on to God's word in scripture: "I have heard your prayer and seen your tears. I will heal you." | speech |
trump | Thank you. And God Bless you all. Thank you very much. | speech |
trump | Around 2:30 yesterday afternoon, police responded to reports of gunfire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida--a great and safe community. There, a shooter, who is now in custody, opened fire on defenseless students and teachers. He murdered 17 people and badly wounded at least 14 others. | speech |
trump | I want to speak now directly to America's children, especially those who feel lost, alone, confused or even scared: I want you to know that you are never alone and you never will be. You have people who care about you, who love you, and who will do anything at all to protect you. If you need help, turn to a teacher, a family member, a local police officer, or a faith leader. Answer hate with love; answer cruelty with kindness. | speech |
trump | Each person who was stolen from us yesterday had a full life ahead of them--a life filled with wondrous beauty and unlimited potential and promise. Each one had dreams to pursue, love to give, and talents to share with the world. And each one had a family to whom they meant everything in the world. | speech |
trump | My fellow Americans, today I speak to a nation in grief. Yesterday, a school filled with innocent children and caring teachers became the scene of terrible violence, hatred, and evil. | speech |
trump | Okay. Go ahead, please. | speech |