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Trump Says He Hasn't 'Heard of Testing Being a Problem' After Montana Governor Pleads With Him for More Testing Kits

Trump Says He Hasn't 'Heard of Testing Being a Problem' After Montana Governor Pleads With Him for More Testing Kits
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Weeks after a bungled testing kit rollout from President Donald Trump's CDC, governors in rural areas are still having trouble obtaining an adequate number of testing kits to properly determine just how quickly the virus is spreading throughout their communities.

According to a leaked phone call between Trump, National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases director Dr. Anthony Fauci, and a group of rural state governors, the President once again expressed skepticism that governors were on the brink of a life-threatening shortage.


Trump's response to the rural governors asking for help left a lot to be desired.

Listen below.

In the clip, Montana Governor Steve Bullock stresses the need for testing kits in order to facilitate contact tracing, or tracing the spread of the virus as far back as possible in order to identify and diagnose possible cases.

Bullock stressed that his administration had tried to obtain more tests through private companies, but that the Centers for Disease Control and Protection (CDC) would need to step in if Montana was to have adequate testing.

Bullock told Trump and Fauci:

"Literally we are one day away, if we don't get test kits from the CDC, that we wouldn't be able to do testing in Montana."

Trump shrugged off Bullock's concerns, echoing a misleading claim about testing in the United States:

"Tony, you can answer if you want, but I haven't heard about testing in weeks. We've tested more now than any nation in the world. We've got these great tests, and we'll come out with another one tomorrow that's, you know, almost instantaneous testing. But I haven't heard about testing being a problem."

Trump appeared to dismiss Bullock's requests for the CDC to expedite testing kits to Montana, assuring him with the number of people who've been tested in the United States. He didn't say anything about just how or how soon the tests would get to Montana.

This is a continuation of Trump's insistence that states take their own measures to obtain medical equipment, relying on the federal government only as a backup. This preference of Trump's has resulted in budding bidding wars emerging between the states.

Trump previously slammed certain governors for not being "appreciative" enough of him and his administration, even admitting at a Friday press briefing that he told Vice President Mike Pence not to reach out to the governors he deemed disloyal.

Trump's press briefings on the virus have given enough cause for concern, but the call with governors further indicated that Trump response to this virus hasn't been productive.

People noticed.




People were concerned at Trump's claims that he hadn't heard about testing...because it's definitely been discussed.



Maybe the President would hear more about testing conditions in each state if he would stop picking fights with their governors.

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