[The Westerner]

Clicked on link but didn't see any text. As we said, they are our only source of medical supplies. Asymmetric warfare? You know, the first thing I thought on Jan 1st when reading about this virus from near Wuhan's lab? This was the Chinese long-term strategy to make sure the President is not reelected. So obvious that supply chain is the most powerful weapon against us. And given that Mao murdered 100mil Chinese, human life is meaningless to them when their own people die. Perhaps this is bleak, but Trump knows better than most what's at stake. I appreciate his playing it cool right now, but have confidence he's the most qualified American to navigate the country if the worst happens.

[Jamestown1630]

"have confidence he's the most qualified American to navigate the country if the worst happens."

I agree 100%. We don't know what this really is, yet; but can you imagine the performance of any of the current Democrat candidates in a severe national crisis?

The Democrat contenders, in their shallowness - and their pandering to everything that DOESN'T really matter - all leave me scared $hitless.

[blueplum]

in 2017 Trump called for more parm to be domestic.

I can’t post the direct link to this bloom berg article for FR do not post list, but their 2017 article says we produce 75% of what we need here in the USA and around 25% of our drugs are sourced off-shore. India is also a big producer of protective masks, booties, surg gowns, etc.

bloom berg . com/news/articles/2017-01-17/
where-the-u-s-actually-gets-its-drug-supply-quicktake-q-a