Trump executive order aims to end U.S. reliance on foreign-made medical supplies

Trump executive order aims to end U.S. reliance on foreign-made medical supplies

by WorldTribune Staff, March 12, 2020 President Donald Trump is set to issue a “Buy American” executive order which aims to eliminate the U.S.’s reliance on foreign-made medical supplies. White House Director of Trade and Manufacturing Policy Peter Navarro confirmed Wednesday the administration is working on the executive order. Amid the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak, America’s […]

Coronavirus, China supply chains and pharmaceutical components: Globalization’s revenge?

Coronavirus, China supply chains and pharmaceutical components: Globalization’s revenge?

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler GENEVA — In recent decades China has emerged as the factory to the world; a key player in production networks for automobiles, smartphones, computers, textiles and medical equipment. Indeed, as the world’s second largest economy Mainland China has become an indispensable part of globalization’s network combining low wage […]

Report: Chinese on social media supported embattled Seoul leader

Report: Chinese on social media supported embattled Seoul leader

FPI / March 9, 2020 Chinese nationals in South Korea, have been exposed using social media in an effort to thwart a massive petition drive to impeach South Korean President Moon Jae-In, a report said. Amid massive criticism of Moon’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak in South Korea, a Blue House petition which called for […]

Colorado Democrat lawmaker cheers idea of spreading coronavirus at Trump rallies

Colorado Democrat lawmaker cheers idea of spreading coronavirus at Trump rallies

by WorldTribune Staff, March 4, 2020 The Colorado Republican Party called on a Democratic city councilwoman in Denver to resign after she cheered a tweet which advocated for spreading the coronavirus at President Donald Trump’s rallies. Councilwoman Candi CdeBaca last week responded to a tweet that said, “For the record, if I do get the […]

Rosenstein’s sister pushed CDC’s panic button on coronavirus

Rosenstein’s sister pushed CDC’s panic button on coronavirus

by WorldTribune Staff, March 3, 2020 Vice President Mike Pence, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and coronavirus task force representatives from the CDC and NIH all said during a Monday press conference that the risk of the virus to Americans “remains low.” That is a far cry from the dire warnings issued last […]

6 months and 1,000 deaths later, Obama declared H1N1 a public health emergency

6 months and 1,000 deaths later, Obama declared H1N1 a public health emergency

by WorldTribune Staff, March 2, 2020 The swine flu, or H1N1, was first reported to have been detected in the United States in April 2009. At the end of April 2009, President Barack Obama addressed Americans briefly, saying that U.S. health officials were monitoring the situation. Obama said he had requested $1.5 billion from Congress […]

Infected? Rash of media reports claim president called coronavirus ‘hoax’

Infected? Rash of media reports claim president called coronavirus ‘hoax’

by WorldTribune Staff, March 1, 2020 Quoting what president says out of context and spreading it to the consolidated leftist major media as the next “bombshell”: That is just one of the symptoms of Trump Derangement Syndrome, analysts said. President Donald Trump, during a rally in South Carolina on Friday, said that the Democrats’ politicizing […]

Ted Cruz stumps AOC with ‘quiz’ for ‘oracle of science’

Ted Cruz stumps AOC with ‘quiz’ for ‘oracle of science’

by WorldTribune Staff, March 1, 2020 She blinded me with science? Not. Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz called out New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez after the socialist Democrat criticized President Donald Trump for naming Vice President Mike Pence to head up the coronavirus task force. AOC tweeted on Feb. 26: “Mike Pence literally does not […]

Coronavirus origins? Words of Chairman Xi raise new questions

Coronavirus origins? Words of Chairman Xi raise new questions

by WorldTribune Staff, February 23, 2020 Chinese supreme leader Xi Jinping on Feb. 14 told an emergency meeting in Beijing that a national system to control biosecurity risks was needed “to protect the people’s health.” Xi called lab security a “national security issue.” While not actually admitting that the deadly coronavirus that is devastating large […]

Coronavirus could devastate socialist Venezuela, which has no real healthcare system

Coronavirus could devastate socialist Venezuela, which has no real healthcare system

by WorldTribune Staff, February 6, 2020 Because China is a major supporter of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro, travel between the two countries is common and that has officials deeply concerned that the Wuhan coronavirus could make its way to Venezuela and devastate a country that has no real healthcare system. “70 percent of hospitals in […]