Twitter outraged after Trump accuses doctors of stealing and selling face masks

03/31/2020 10:45 am ET • Samantha Weller

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Yes, Trump actually accused healthcare professionals in New York of not only stealing face masks but selling them too.

New York hospitals are flooded with 8,500 people in hospitals and 700 deaths in 15 days, and nurses there currently have such a shortage of face masks that they are resorting to wearing trash bags for protection.

But Trump doesn’t seem to understand the direness of the situation as he said in a press conference on Sunday that he thinks hospitals are stealing masks.

He didn’t have any evidence, but brought up New York hospital’s high demand for supplies and said “where are the masks going? Are they going out the back door?”

Meanwhile, Twitter is not having it with Trump’s nonsensical accusations:

1. Are we in another universe?

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Trump’s comments really are out of this world…

Today, Donald Trump accused nurses of stealing masks and running a black market.

Not only is there no bottom, but we have punched down into another universe.

— Bill Prady (@billprady) March 29, 2020

2. Shortages of supplies? Must blame everyone!

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Will he blame someone for lack of ambulances next?

(1/2) Yesterday, Trump began by accusing nurses of hoarding or stealing face masks. He then accused hospitals of hoarding ventilators. He then admits there actually ARE shortages, but blames Obama. This is beyond gaslighting. This is like spewage from a radioactive gas cloud.

— Duty To Warn 🔉 (@duty2warn) March 30, 2020

3. Fighting with everything BUT the disease

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Can someone tell Trump he needs to stop fighting with people trying to stop the disease and fight the disease itself?

So @realDonaldTrump, if healthcare workers are stealing masks, then why did my son-in-law, who is a Critical Care Nurse, take his Full-Face SCUBA mask to work for protection??? Get you head out of the sand!! Don't fight with your enemies, fight the disease! #MoreMasks #MorePPE

— Kerri Barker J (@P3kjJ) March 30, 2020

4. America is definitely great again

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The President doesn’t understand why hospitals need supplies during a global pandemic, is this what people had in mind for the country?

Trump just accused nurses of hoarding/stealing face masks?

He can't fathom why the supply issues are happening all of a sudden. Must be theft and hoarding.
(Or, you know, we don't usually deal with infectious disease on this scale)

Y'all. America is definitely great again pic.twitter.com/LzmDJOEu4C

— Brian (@belatucadros) March 30, 2020

5. Not too late to retire

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Maybe Trump will stop blaming people when he retires.

President Trump blames hospitals for hoarding ventilators and health care workers for stealing masks. Like blaming the infantry for hoarding mortars and stealing bullets. He really has no idea what health care workers are doing this moment in NYC to save our lives.

— Jane McManus (@janesports) March 29, 2020

6. Is Trump trying to sell masks?

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It is weird that he would accuse the people least likely to sell masks of selling them…unless he is the one trying to do that?

Once again, the dangers of projection: because he would siphon off material and sell it on the black market, he assumes others are doing so. Blaming hospitals for keeping ventilators is like blaming angels for a shortage of harps. https://t.co/7ilKdyENYt

— Richard Stengel (@stengel) March 30, 2020

7. Trump updates: more blame, no solutions

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Both the coronavirus and Trump updates keep getting scarier…

Trump accused
- doctors of stealing facemasks
- states of hoarding supplies
- Hospitals of hiding ventilators
- says #plozma
- brags endlessly
- me, me , me

When will we end this stupidity & madness#TrumpPressConf #TrumpIsAnIdiot #CoronaUpdate

— Marshall 🇬🇧🇺🇸 (@MarshallSbar) March 29, 2020

8. Progress of nothing but blame and havoc

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While NY hospitals continue to flood and deal with the coronavirus outbreak, Trump seems to just keep blaming people for the chaos that has ensued in the city instead of responding to the virus.

From blaming NY hospitals for wanting more ventilators to accusing them of selling face masks-Trump is really leading everyone to think he doesn’t care if New Yorkers die and even has a New York Times report compare his briefings to a ‘create-your-own-reality-show.’

As our President blames others for his lack of leadership during the coronavirus crisis, he is another reminder that we all need to take care of ourselves and can’t rely on anyone during these times.

Just in case you’re wondering how America’s doing… Trump has just accused hospital workers of stealing and selling face masks to cover up the fact he’s not supplied New York with enough protective equipment. The men leading us are all lower than a snake’s belly. #CoronaUpdate

— Vittoria Gallagher (@Vitt2tsnoc) March 29, 2020