On the subject of ventilators: the German government had no idea what Trump was talking about when he claimed April 10 and 13 that Germany needs ventilators from the US. Germany had been donating ventilators to other European countries and taking in patients to be ventilated.

On the subject of ventilators: the German government had no idea what Trump was talking about when he claimed April 10 and 13 that Germany needs ventilators from the US. Germany had been donating ventilators to other European countries and taking in patients to be ventilated.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 19, 2020