Posted on 12/08/2020 9:34:26 AM PST by SJackson
President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Tuesday designed to ensure that U.S. efforts to assist other countries in vaccinating their populations against Covid-19 take on a lower priority than domestic inoculations.
In a call with reporters Monday afternoon, a senior administration official described the order as primarily a “reaffirmation of the president’s commitment to America First.” Additionally, the order directs a handful of government agencies, including the State Department and the United States Agency for International Development, to work together to help international partners and allies procure Covid vaccines, the official said.
CNBC has not reviewed the proposed text of the executive order, which could prove to be largely symbolic. The plans for the executive order were earlier reported by Fox News.
An administration official told NBC News on Monday that the timeline for providing foreign assistance will be shaped by supply and demand but is anticipated to begin in the second quarter. President-elect Joe Biden will take office on Jan. 20 and is likely to shape his own policy for obtaining and distributing Covid-19 vaccines, possibly limiting the impact of Trump’s order.
Trump is expected to sign the order after delivering remarks at the start of a Covid-19 summit at the White House on Tuesday, a senior administration official said on Monday’s call. The event will feature talks with administration officials and drug distributors, who will discuss the process of reviewing vaccine candidates and distributing them, the official said.
Trump has largely ignored the growing coronavirus crisis in recent weeks despite a surge in infections and a mounting death toll that has surpassed 2,000 fatalities per day, instead focusing on legal efforts to overturn the results of November’s presidential election.
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This will drive liberals nuts. After making it available to the liberal elites, it should be sent overseas, for the children.
Oh, the horror of this!!!!
Orange man bad. He’s so cruel. /s
Shame there has to be an executive order for this.
Some judge in Hawaii will overturn this EO and demand the vaccine be sent overseas first.
If this thing becomes a requirement in order to be able to buy or sell you know its just another demonic act by Satan and his fellow democrats to take control over us and it will usher in the end of days. But if it means Jesus is on his way then I am all for it, just don’t expect me to take the vaccine. For all we know if my require monthly boosters in order to keep the virus dormant, else we would die. Then civil obedence will be the price of your next life saving injection. Think its far fetched? I don’t! If all my years have taught me anything its that there is nothing Satan and his demonic supporters in the guise of the democrat party would not do to extend their evil rule on earth. He knows just as so many Christians have recently become recently aware of that the end is very close and he will stop at nothing to take as many democrats as he can with him as he and his followers are cast into the lake of fire. I pray that none of you are among these poor lost souls.
That’s racist!
“They have already vaccinated a woman in the UK”
Did she live?
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