Pres. Trump announced more responses to coronavirus outbreak, invoking Defense Production Act, announcing suspension of evictions, and more. He later defended his use of the term 'Chinese virus,' which has sparked a backlash.
March 18, 2020, 5:10 PMDefense Secretary Mark Esper announced on Tuesday that the Defense Department was providing five million N95 respirator masks and other protective equipment to the government for distribution.
"We are sending, upon request, the two hospital ships. They are being prepared right now. They are massive ships. They’re the big white ships with the red cross on the sides. One is called the Mercy and the other is called the Comfort. And they are in tip-top shape," he said. "It comes from China, that's why. It comes from China. I want to be accurate," he continued."China tried to say at one point that -- maybe they've stopped now, that it was caused by American soldiers. That can't happen. It's not going to happen. Not as long as I'm president. It comes from China."
Trump also told Vega that a potential 20 percent unemployment rate, as floated by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin as an argument to Senate Republicans to get a stimulus package passed quickly, is a"total worst case" scenario and that the U.S. is"nowhere near it."
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