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Trump says 3M 'will have a big price to pay' over face masks

Published 04/02/2020, 09:30 PM
Updated 04/02/2020, 10:50 PM
© Reuters. U.S. President Trump leads daily coronavirus response briefing at the White House in Washington

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump slammed 3M Co (N:MMM) in a tweet late on Thursday after earlier announcing he was invoking the Defense Production Act to get the company to produce face masks.

"We hit 3M hard today after seeing what they were doing with their Masks. 'P Act' all the way.' Big surprise to many in government as to what they were doing - will have a big price to pay!" Trump said on Twitter.

At a White House briefing on the coronavirus pandemic earlier on Thursday, Trump announced he had signed a Defense Production Act order for 3M to produce face masks. "Hopefully they'll be able to do what they are supposed to do," he said, without elaborating.

St. Paul, Minnesota-based 3M did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The company's brands include Scotch, Post-It and Nexcare, as well as healthcare products for professionals.

White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said at the briefing, "We've had some issues making sure that all of the production that 3M does around the world, enough of it is coming back here to the right places."

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the president's tweet.

N-95 face masks made by 3M and other companies are in short supply among healthcare workers treating coronavirus patients.

The Defense Production Act, which was passed in 1950, grants the president the power to expand industrial production of key materials or products for national security and other reasons.

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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to issue guidelines in the next few days that could tell Americans to wear face masks when leaving home.

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It's simply the fake news media causing all the problems. 3M is an great american company that will temporary take the heat for the greater good if necessary.
very Well.
All these Trump bashers with their blinders on. Pelosi publicly displayed her stance that there was no corona virus problem in her district in an attempt to discredit the President a while back. Biden trashed Trump after Trump banned flights coming in from certain Asian areas. He and the media labelled Trump a racist. So we know the Democrats would have done even less than Trump did early on. The Chinese lied. They refused to let us in to help. They are still lying. We were in the dark while China grossly fudged the numbers. And now, instead if impanelling a select committee in the House to investigate China's deceit and willful transmission of the SARS Cov-2 virus across the globe, the Democrats have begun an investigation into President Trump's handling of corona virus mitigation. If the Democrats thought this virus was such a problem back in December and January, why were they focused 24/7 on impeaching President Trump?! Trump Derangement Syndrome on full display.
Ed Nelson "The Chinese lied. They refused to let us in to help. They are still lying. We were in the dark while China grossly fudged the numbers." - Wait, you like so many muricans never trusted China and its data and always think they under report so you are saying that they misled you and the situation is actually worse? They told the world in December, they quarantine hundred of millions (which USA called abuse of human rights and draconian) you think they did that for fun and "under reported" the severity to lie to you? You are kidding right? You said the numbers are worse than what China said, you already think that so why did you not prepare? Oh if only they let US experts help them, US experts that cannot even produce working Covid19 test kits for 3 months when many lesser countries made their own test kit! What US experts again? I am not from china and I have no skin in this but when you guys play the blame game... that is it.  Just take responsibility and man up.
airlines stop the flights, not baby donnie
So the U.S. all of the sudden had no agents in China when all of this was going down? I think the government new their was a problem and was either unorganized to handle it or knew their was not much than can do.
So the US acted way too late (and still does) and now they try to strong-arm companies to make them not look as bad? Trump tries to disguise HIS failure. That's all.
teump tried to force 3M to send 10M masks from Sigapore to US, 3M refused since it will put those medical workers in danger but did commit to export the same amount from China. Then Trump got mad
Small companies can make them if the gov waive copyright infringe c@pp
Trump always needs someone to bash.
You can imagine the Obama response to a crisis like this. Apologies to the Chinese, lecturing America on how we deserve this,
We KNOW Obama's response in an emergency like this.  Go back and look at his record during H1N1.  60 million infected and 12,000 deaths before he even declared an emergency.  There was no DPA, no quarantines, no flight restrictions, nothing.  Plus, it took him 6 MONTHS before he declared an emergency.
Obama isn't in charge right now - the chosen one is! So praise or criticize as you will but blaming a guy who's been out of office for over three years, is Trump loser whining at its finest!
take 3m over, bury them in ****
If he dares to do this, I think 3M will move headquarter to China.
Good job sir! get these Chinese puppet companies out!! Greatest president since Reagan! You will go down in history as one of the best presidents!
He will go down in history as the president responsible for millions of deaths. too little, too late
What...?
Lmao 3m has factories in multiple countries. And all those factories make product for the countries they are in. China factory makes for china. America for america. And 3m's prices haven't changed they sell them to 3rd parties to sell
More hot air from the Blowhard in Chief
Commander Trump! Get it!!
3M is a corrupt US Company Traitors manipulatef by CCP the Chinese
why don't you say the US administration is manipulated by CCP? Blaming without thinking is not helpful and more dangerous than COVID-19.
3M is giving them to disti’s in China who are then selling to US at exorbitant prices
3M cant get anything right. They also F**&^%K up our new license plates in Ontario (CAN),  they have to re-do them all!
What is he talking about? 3M has been in "Surge Production" since late January. Wasn't that when Trump was calling the warnings of the crisis as a hoax and that stopping travelers from China was enough to contain the situation, contradicting many experts and the CDC? 3M didn't wait for the emergency call to over 6 weeks later. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-03-25/3m-doubled-production-of-n95-face-masks-to-fight-coronavirus
He lies so much.... but people still thinking him is GOD.
But there is a health care worker shortage.  Care to explain?
Yes Mr. Trump, bring all the hospitals in the U.S needs directly from China and Russia as airplane Patriots and others on their way did today, delivery directly to ours nurses, doctors and others victims, because nobody hnows for sure if all materials received today is saved from CONFID19. GOOD LOOK !
He keep saying.... we have more than enough. So why they need to go over there to get more. FIRST LIE.....
I submit to common sense. Thank God for President Trump!
Trump is my Zero....I mean Hero!
lmfao! trump is really "The ******* 🤣
Trump lies too much... That’s why they don’t trust you anymore.
The good thing is many of these executives were out being "woke" in front of profits in recent years.
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