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Trump was not "the first one" to impose travel restrictions on China, at least in the world. Italy's were imposed first, and they were stricter. — PolitiTweet.org

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"Refrigerated trucks coming up. I've never seen anything like it." — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump says you can call this a flu, or a germ, or a virus, and actually nobody even knows what it is. It is a coronavirus. A kind of virus. It is not a flu. We know what it is. — PolitiTweet.org

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https://t.co/sdIsTqpJej — PolitiTweet.org

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As he did on Twitter, Trump said at this briefing that he thinks GM's Lordstown plant would be a good place to build ventilators. GM sold the plant last year. Trump boasted about the sale on Twitter. — PolitiTweet.org

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(Yes, Trump said "the woman.") https://t.co/4JprvEwgkv — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump on his trip to Virginia tomorrow to see off the hospital ship: "It doesn't mean I'm going to be hugging people." He says it's a "tiny" trip. — PolitiTweet.org

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! Trump says he's told Vice President Mike Pence not to call the governors of Washington or Michigan. "They don't treat you right, I don't call." He says Pence is a different type of person and will call anyway. — PolitiTweet.org

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"I don't want them to say things that aren't true," Donald Trump says of his governor critics. — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked what he is basing his view that NY doesn't need that many ventilators on, Trump does not explain. He just says, "I think their estimates are high...they could be extremely high." — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump says "there's a great chance" New York won't need 30,000 ventilators, but if not needed here, other countries will need them, so "that's OK - we can help Italy, UK..." He says Boris Johnson told him "we need ventilators." — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump on Boris Johnson testing positive: Very unfortunate news, but "he's going to be great." — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump touts the $2.2 trillion relief bill, which he says can go up to $6.2 trillion (again, NYT explainer here https://t.co/PaXiZKLTpA), and various provisions of it. He's been largely on script so far save for the early shot at unnamed governors. — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump promises that in the next 100 days, they'll be producing or procuring 100,000 additional ventilators. — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump says the FDA will be smoothing the path to the quick production of ventilators: "We're going to be getting rid of certain, let's say, barriers, to speed." — PolitiTweet.org

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Navarro: "We did have a problem with GM..." He says Ford and others "patriotically" moved as fast as possible, but "we ran into roadblocks with GM," so Trump invoked the Defense Production Act. — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump describes Peter Navarro, the oft-controversial trade adviser, as "a very trusted person from the White House." He says he's named Navarro his Defense Production Act policy coordinator. — PolitiTweet.org

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"Hospitals don't have very many" ventilators, Trump says, and often you don't need a lot of them, but now we do. — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump claims "we've had great success over the last month" in getting medical equipment purchased and delivered. He says governors "for the most part" have been appreciative, though some haven't, and those ones need to do a better job themselves. — PolitiTweet.org

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If you're confused by Trump calling this relief bill you've heard is a $2.2 trillion bill a "$6.2 trillion" bill, here's an explanation of where he is likely getting the additional $4 trillion. https://t.co/PaXiZKLTpA — PolitiTweet.org

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If you're confused by why Trump is calling this $2.2 trillion relief bill a "$6.2 trillion bill, here's an explanation of where Trump is likely getting the additional $4 trillion. https://t.co/PaXiZKLTpA — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Yamiche: NEW: President Trump announces he has implemented the Defense Production Act to “require General Motors to accept, perform, an… — PolitiTweet.org

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Birx on Trump, continued: "He understands the importance of the granularity." — PolitiTweet.org

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Birx: "He's been so attentive to the scientific literature and the details and the data. And I think his ability to analyze and integrate data that comes out of his long history in business is...a real benefit during these discussions about medical issues."https://t.co/e6wwOzJIgO — PolitiTweet.org

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@PabloDiez_ABC @GCDlAZ @oriolmitja Thank you! — PolitiTweet.org

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Day 15: Breezy back in bag https://t.co/035FNwbsSU — PolitiTweet.org

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@drewharwell Make sure they don’t zoom too much — PolitiTweet.org

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GM sold the Lordstown plant facility last year. Trump boasted about this on Twitter. https://t.co/hQI8LExj86 — PolitiTweet.org

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Thanks everyone! Super helpful. — PolitiTweet.org

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I’m looking to talk to a couple of Spanish experts (epidemiologists etc.) on the coronavirus situation in Spain. Would anyone be able to recommend someone? — PolitiTweet.org