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.. Trump didn’t succeed in slashing the budget, however. > Trump’s budgets have proposed cuts to public health, only to be overruled by Congress, where there’s

.. Trump didn’t succeed in slashing the budget, however. > Trump’s budgets have proposed cuts to public health, only to be overruled by Congress, where there’s strong bipartisan support for agencies such as the CDC and NIH. Instead, financing has increased. https://apnews.com/d36d6c4de29f4d04beda3db00cb46104 https://apnews.com/d36d6c4de29f4d04beda3db00cb46104

DyslexicAtheist 7y ago
thanks for clarifying that
- xenonite 7y ago
  On the other hand I should add that the staff was cut or changes, with severe impact nonetheless. From https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22446649 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22446649 : > However he did indeed cut the people tasked to deal with pandemics. https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/01/31/coronavirus-china-trump.. https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/01/31/coronavirus-china-trump.... >> But other White House efforts included reducing $15 billion in national health spending and cutting the global disease-fighting operational budgets of the CDC, NSC, DHS, and HHS. And the government’s $30 million Complex Crises Fund was eliminated. >> In May 2018, Trump ordered the NSC’s entire global health security unit shut down, calling for reassignment of Rear Adm. Timothy Ziemer and dissolution of his team inside the agency. The month before, then-White House National Security Advisor John Bolton pressured Ziemer’s DHS counterpart, Tom Bossert, to resign along with his team. Neither the NSC nor DHS epidemic teams have been replaced. The global health section of the CDC was so drastically cut in 2018 that much of its staff was laid off and the number of countries it was working in was reduced from 49 to merely 1
NicoJuicy 7y ago
I don't think that's the full story. Trump will replace and bully everyone that is not on his side ( just look at his Twitter) Look at the mess at the Trump administration where competent people just quit and some people stay in the background, fixing things. They don't even dare to answer the press anymore and limit freedom of speech/journalism. I'm not suprised that the CDC officials were replaced by Trump loyalists and the current mess he left behind. Even his main goal of building the wall is too fill his own pockets through friendly contractors. And I wouldn't be suprised that he tries to manipulate stocks also, people in the past didn't believe him anymore after his multiple attempts to manipulate stocks. Then he actually tried something and went broke multiple times ( Trump casino's). He's more worried about the stocks and low taxes, than the health of US citizens. And that is not the most worrying part. During his presidency, I have yet to see any sign of intellect.

DyslexicAtheist 7y ago

thanks for clarifying that

xenonite 7y ago
On the other hand I should add that the staff was cut or changes, with severe impact nonetheless. From https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22446649 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22446649 : > However he did indeed cut the people tasked to deal with pandemics. https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/01/31/coronavirus-china-trump.. https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/01/31/coronavirus-china-trump.... >> But other White House efforts included reducing $15 billion in national health spending and cutting the global disease-fighting operational budgets of the CDC, NSC, DHS, and HHS. And the government’s $30 million Complex Crises Fund was eliminated. >> In May 2018, Trump ordered the NSC’s entire global health security unit shut down, calling for reassignment of Rear Adm. Timothy Ziemer and dissolution of his team inside the agency. The month before, then-White House National Security Advisor John Bolton pressured Ziemer’s DHS counterpart, Tom Bossert, to resign along with his team. Neither the NSC nor DHS epidemic teams have been replaced. The global health section of the CDC was so drastically cut in 2018 that much of its staff was laid off and the number of countries it was working in was reduced from 49 to merely 1

NicoJuicy 7y ago

I don't think that's the full story. Trump will replace and bully everyone that is not on his side ( just look at his Twitter) Look at the mess at the Trump administration where competent people just quit and some people stay in the background, fixing things. They don't even dare to answer the press anymore and limit freedom of speech/journalism. I'm not suprised that the CDC officials were replaced by Trump loyalists and the current mess he left behind. Even his main goal of building the wall is too fill his own pockets through friendly contractors. And I wouldn't be suprised that he tries to manipulate stocks also, people in the past didn't believe him anymore after his multiple attempts to manipulate stocks. Then he actually tried something and went broke multiple times ( Trump casino's). He's more worried about the stocks and low taxes, than the health of US citizens. And that is not the most worrying part. During his presidency, I have yet to see any sign of intellect.