Politico May 9, 2024
With Daniel Payne
Driving the Day
HOW TO KILL AN OFFICE — Can former President Donald Trump eliminate a White House office tasked with preparing the nation for the next pandemic? In some ways, yes, but not entirely, Chelsea reports.
The former president recently told TIME Magazine that if reelected, he would abolish the White House’s Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy.
According to Trump, the office, created in 2022 via a bipartisan law, “sounds good politically, but I think it’s a very expensive solution to something that won’t work.”
The White House declined to comment on Trump’s remarks, and the Trump campaign didn’t respond to requests for comment.
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