Trump Invokes Korean War-Era Defense Production Act to Fight CCP Virus

Trump Invokes Korean War-Era Defense Production Act to Fight CCP Virus
President Donald Trump speaks to the press at the White House in Washington on March 18, 2020. Evan Vucci/AP Photo
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
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President Donald Trump announced at a White House briefing that he was invoking the Defense Production Act (DPA) to expand the supply of resources available to deal with the COVID-19 outbreak.

“That’s always the toughest enemy, the invisible enemy, but we’re going to defeat the invisible enemy,” Trump said at the March 18 briefing. “I think we’re going to do it even faster than we thought.”

Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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