Asked about his budget’s proposed cuts to the CDC and whether he now has any pause over this, Trump says, “No…we can get money and we can increase staff.” He adds, “If we ever need ‘em, we can get ‘em very quickly, rather than spending the money.”

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) February 27, 2020

He apparently isn’t aware of his own CDC’s stats on flu deaths per year: https://t.co/x5wSKXgXc1

— John Halsey (@jkhalsey) February 27, 2020