Donald Trump and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo are hostile to each other.
Now Trump is indicating that he will withhold the vaccine from New York for the time being.
Cuomo hits back massively.
In his first press conference after his election defeat by Democrat Joe Biden, Trump spoke about the corona vaccine.
He indicates that the state of New York will receive this later than the other states.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo strikes back.
New York - Outgoing US President
Donald Trump
and New York Governor
Andrew Cuomo
are truly not best friends.
In the course of the
corona pandemic
in the
USA
, the city of millions was hit hard by the new virus, especially at the beginning.
US media reported at the time that the virus had probably been secretly spreading in the huge city for weeks.
The city is currently threatening to become a
corona hotspot
again.
Right at the front of the fight since the beginning:
Governor Cuomo
, who harshly
criticized
Donald Trump's *
handling of the
corona virus
in the USA *.
Die Zeit
wrote at the time that the governor had found the role of his life during the pandemic.
He was often portrayed as a contrast to the US president, who
caused a lot of criticism
with his
corona policy
.
No corona vaccine for New York?
Trump claims Cuomo doesn't want cans for the state
Now the duel between the two men continues.
In his first press conference after the
US elections *
, in which Trump
praised
the
US's
performance
in the
corona pandemic
and made the first hints in the direction of a
Biden * government
, he dropped decisive words about the
state of
New York
.
According to Trump, millions of vaccine doses would be dispensed within a few weeks and made available to the general population by April - with the exception of
New York State
, since the governor does not consider the vaccine to be safe.
We can't deliver it to a state that won't give it to its people right away.
Donald Trump
Exactly said
Trump
: “By April the vaccine will be available to the general population.
With the exception of places like
New York
State
*
, where for political reasons the
governors
decided - I think it's not very good politically, I think it's very bad for health reasons - that he wants to take his time with the vaccination and has no confidence in where the vaccination is coming from.
Coming from the greatest companies, the greatest laboratories in the world.
But he doesn't trust the fact that it's this
White House *
, this government.
We're not going to deliver the vaccine to New York until we're authorized to do so, and it pains me to say that.
It's a very successful, a terrific vaccine with more than 90 percent and more.
Governor Cuomo will have to tell us when he's ready, we can't deliver it to a state that won't give it to its people right away. "
Vaccine for New York: Trump lets Governor Cuomo run at press conference
US President thus lets
Governor Andrew Cuomo appear
, presumably because he announced many weeks ago that he would have a vaccine tested by experts beforehand.
At the time, he justified this with his concern that the
US President
would prematurely release
a
corona vaccine
for the population
for political reasons
.
A
little later
,
Governor Cuomo
personally
assured CNN
that the state would receive the vaccination no later than the others.
Cuomo begins the interview with the following sentence: "First of all, fortunately he won't be there, won't he."
. @ NYGovCuomo joined @KatyTurNBC on @MSNBC to react to President Trump's remarks claiming the coronavirus vaccine will not be delivered to New Yorkers.
"None of what he said is true ... surprise, surprise."
WATCH: pic.twitter.com/AD1XcOGT1k
- MSNBC Public Relations (@MSNBCPR) November 13, 2020
What the President says is not true.
According to
Cuomo
, there was a time when such a statement from a
US president
would have been almost impossible,
normal
for
Trump
.
The state trusts the pharmaceutical companies, it just doesn't trust the
US president
.
Several states, including New York, have set up a separate scientific committee
to examine
the
corona vaccine
.
In order to restore the trust of the population.
Corona vaccine: Cuomo strikes back - establish trust in vaccine
He
then called on
the people of
New York
to get the vaccine.
In short,
Cuomo's
statement
means
that several states are having the vaccine tested in parallel to calm their populations, who
are unsettled about
Trump's
political agenda
.
Because a vaccine that people don't trust, the governor concludes in his statement, makes no sense.
As
Politico
reports, according to a current survey, more than 50 percent of the corona vaccination are unsettled.
(aka) * Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital network.
Donald Trump is always good for a surprise.
Allegedly he is now planning his own digital TV station.
Trump TV coming now?
List of rubric lists: © Evan Vucci / AP / dpa