Adm John Polowczyk reels off number of medical materiel distributed in federal supply chain
air bridge: flights from overseas for materiel 6 flights completed, 28 flights scheduled
NYC health & Hospitals
6-7 major private distributors are being used
“a supply chain tower” data system (normally used for weapons system”
“expanding the industrial base”
DPA use 210 vendors
purportedly 1.4 million PPE en route
Q: percentages of FEMA versus private companies FEMA is acting like auction house (like EBay) this was the complaint of states competing with each other (unfortunately this is now operating like a closed market bidding system — needs transparency about pricing interfering with distribution)
Q: DPA and ventilator numbers
Q: about actually getting the materiel matched to need
Q: allusions to shady business “highest bidder” and mark-ups on foreign-made materiel
Peter Navarro (office of trade & manufacturing policy) “nation at war” Trump has returned, chances are Trump took that break to not step on Kushner’s talk
there’s something called “TrumpTime” = ASAP
Navarro claims that DPA prioritizes queuing
Navarro on hoarding references Barr cited arrest in NJ, mentions black market bidding for PPEs which actually supply an export black market. claims those brokers will be prosecuted
Navarro anecdote NYC police protective gear, hypes Trump “two phone calls” 16 hours (record in TrumpTime)
apparently the WH really is a bunch of shipping clerks (or customer service expediters)