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Didn't the Trump administration slash CDC funding? This claims so: https://www.businessinsider.com.au/trump-cuts-programs-responsible-for-fighting-coronavirus

Didn't the Trump administration slash CDC funding? This claims so: https://www.businessinsider.com.au/trump-cuts-programs-responsible-for-fighting-coronavirus-2020-2?utm_source=markets&utm_medium=ingest&r=US&IR=T https://www.businessinsider.com.au/trump-cuts-programs-respo... And here we have him saying "I'm a businessperson. I don't like having thousands of people around when you don't need them," Trump said. "When we need them, we can get them back very quickly." https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/trump-defends-cuts-cdc-budget-federal-government-hire-doctors-coronavirus-2020-2-1028946602?op=1 https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/trump-defend...

wideasleep1 7y ago
Not exactly. Again, 1 screen, but folks are seeing 2 different movies. https://www.factcheck.org/2020/03/dems-misconstrue-trump-budget-remarks/ https://www.factcheck.org/2020/03/dems-misconstrue-trump-bud...
- gdubs 7y ago
  Your link — which you’ve posted twice — doesn’t address the points being made. It’s a fact that the pandemic response team was cut, and it’s a fact that the White House budget proposal included cuts to the CDC. 1: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-fire-pandemic-team/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-fire-pandemic-team/
  - wideasleep1 7y ago
    You should read the factcheck.org link more carefully, as it details/addresses these points, and also indicates congress indeed funded (they control the purse, after all) the CDC, despite Trump's proposal.