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Trump furious after officials allowed Americans with coronavirus to fly home with other passengers: report
The Hill ^ | Feb 21 2020 | BY TAL AXELROD

Posted on 02/22/2020 11:57:06 PM PST by rintintin

President Trump grew enraged with senior advisers this week when 14 Americans who had tested positive for the coronavirus returned to the U.S. after he had been granted assurances that infected patients would remain in quarantine overseas.

Trump and his coronavirus task force were told last weekend that Americans who had been in quarantine on the Diamond Princess cruise liner, where the virus had spread, would be brought home, but that those who had symptoms would remain in Japan.

However, the administration ultimately decided to bring back the 14 Americans who tested positive for the virus and place them in isolation without telling the president.

Administration officials told The Washington Post that Trump learned of the reversal after the fact and was furious that he was not first consulted, reportedly fearing the move could affect the government's handling of the coronavirus outbreak.

(Excerpt) Read more at google.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: coronavirus; trumpchinavirus
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1 posted on 02/22/2020 11:57:06 PM PST by rintintin
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To: rintintin

Trump is always “furious “...yawn...


2 posted on 02/22/2020 11:58:59 PM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB0ndRzaz2o)
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To: rintintin
the administration ultimately decided

Yep.

3 posted on 02/23/2020 12:00:43 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (BLACK LIVES MAGA)
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To: rintintin

Deep State will steer them into The White House.


4 posted on 02/23/2020 12:04:03 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: rintintin
"However, the administration ultimately decided to bring back the 14 Americans who tested positive for the virus and place them in isolation without telling the president."

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This is hard to believe.

5 posted on 02/23/2020 12:43:06 AM PST by a little elbow grease (... to err is human, to admit it unusual...)
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To: rintintin

The article states..........”the administration” ultimately decided to bring back the 14 Americans who tested positive for the virus, without telling the president”.....

Would be interesting to know ‘WHO’ that was exactly.


6 posted on 02/23/2020 12:56:41 AM PST by caww
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To: a little elbow grease

Someone apparently took it upon themselves to override the instructions. won’t be the first time....look what happened when Trump tried to secure the border and Representatives went ahead and actually brought illegals over the border.


7 posted on 02/23/2020 1:00:33 AM PST by caww
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To: caww

Ian Brownlee, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Consular Affairs, appears to feel he was right in overriding the President’s directives.

Ian G. Brownlee became the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs in February 2019. Previously he had served as an Inspector in the Office of the Inspector General.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/02/state-department-employee-in-japan-ignored-president-trumps-orders-and-allowed-americans-with-coronavirus-to-fly-back-to-the-us/

JUST ANOTHER FOGGY BOTTOM BUREAUCRAT THAT THINKS HE’S THE BOSS...AND NOT EVEN THAT HIGH A PAY-GRADE


8 posted on 02/23/2020 1:11:43 AM PST by greeneyes ( Moderation In Pursuit of Justice is NO Virtue--LET FREEDOM RING)
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To: rintintin
The previous article said ...the State Department made the decision...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3818637/posts

One minor detail left out of this version. Probably not intentional. /sarc

9 posted on 02/23/2020 1:12:26 AM PST by McGruff
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To: rintintin

Administration officials told The Washington Post that Trump learned of the reversal after the fact and was furious that he was not first consulted, reportedly fearing the move could affect the government’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak.

...

The article is using the Washington Post as a source and the Washington Post source is unnamed.


10 posted on 02/23/2020 1:13:56 AM PST by Moonman62 (Charity comes from wealth.)
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To: rintintin

From the Daily Mail article:

Sources involved in the decision told the Washington Post that CDC staunchly warned the State Department against transporting infected and uninfected people side-by-side, but were ultimately overruled.

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The same article says the people who were infected were placed in bio-containment units, so they were not flown side by side. They did not violate the CDC’s warning.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8032645/Trump-furious-14-Americans-infected-coronavirus-boarded-plane-US.html


11 posted on 02/23/2020 1:26:57 AM PST by Moonman62 (Charity comes from wealth.)
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To: rintintin

disobeying the President’s orders and disregarding the CDC...

the result puts MANY Americans at risk.

this is TREASON and those responsible MUST be found and dealt with

SWIFTLY


12 posted on 02/23/2020 1:27:58 AM PST by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: Moonman62

Another article states is was just sheets of plastic....

it seems many people are trying to cover-up this stupid move by the State Department.

Coronavirus-infected Americans flown back to US on plane full of healthy people

“The two Boeing 747s had 18 seats cordoned off with 10-foot-high plastic on all sides and infectious disease doctors would be on board.”

https://nypost.com/2020/02/20/coronavirus-infected-americans-flown-back-to-us-on-plane-full-of-healthy-people/


13 posted on 02/23/2020 1:52:56 AM PST by EBH (DNC=Party NON GRATA)
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I wonder if the HVAC systems were rezoned so the cockpit and crew weren’t on the same zone as the contagion.


14 posted on 02/23/2020 2:00:04 AM PST by Cvengr ( Adversity in life & death is inevitable; Stress is optional through faith in Christ.)
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To: greeneyes
You are fired!!!!..

Just another unelected bureaucrat that does not know his place.

The late (should be) Lt Col Windbag comes to mind

15 posted on 02/23/2020 2:19:07 AM PST by eartick (Stupidity is expecting the government that broke itself to go out and fix itself. Texan for TEXIT!)
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To: rintintin

The mantra is “Trust the Plan” - but whose?


16 posted on 02/23/2020 2:35:28 AM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: Cvengr

See, you’re thinking. Stop it.


17 posted on 02/23/2020 2:36:43 AM PST by TheZMan (I am a secessionist.)
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State Department traitors did not follow CDC guideline

Heads should roll.


18 posted on 02/23/2020 2:37:06 AM PST by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security in hatse:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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To: rintintin
The health and economic consequences of this virus are the best allies that the putative socialist-Democrat candidate for president has.


19 posted on 02/23/2020 2:47:43 AM PST by nathanbedford (attack, repeat, attack! Bull Halsey)
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To: nathanbedford

...and there’s people who believe the coup failed.


20 posted on 02/23/2020 3:13:27 AM PST by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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