(WBAP/KLIF) – After sending needed medical supplies to North Korea, Italy and Iran in early March, Russia this week sent the United States medical equipment to help fight the coronavirus pandemic; that, after a conversation between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
According to reports, there is some mystery involved with where the supplies are going exactly.
The US now has 188,663 confirmed coronavirus cases, by far the highest of any country … over 4,000 people have died.
Russia had also sent supplies to North Korea, Iran and Italy in early March.
Trump, struggling to fill shortages of ventilators and personal protective equipment, accepted Putin’s offer in a phone call on Monday. A Russian military transport plane left an airfield outside Moscow and arrived at New York’s John F. Kennedy airport in late afternoon on Wednesday.
Usually, the United States donates supplies to embattled countries rather than accepting them.
The origin of the delivery, which Moscow called aid, was bound to revive criticism from Democrats that Trump has been too cozy with the Russian leader.
“Trump gratefully accepted this humanitarian aid,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was cited as saying by the Interfax news agency on Tuesday. Trump himself spoke enthusiastically about the Russian help after his call with Putin.
On Wednesday (April 1, 2020), President Trump talked up the help from American businesses in producing supplies.
We are leveraging the incredible power of American manufacturers and suppliers to make, procure, and deliver crucial medical supplies to our doctors, nurses, and healthcare workers. pic.twitter.com/u7zpjNGmAZ
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) April 1, 2020
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