Amazon order comes as Trump spends big to get America open again.
A FEMA spokesperson confirmed that the Amazon purchase was in preparation for Trump’s grand reopening of the country. “The White House Task Force has a broad plan to begin setting conditions for enabling the careful and deliberate opening of America,” a spokesperson said when asked about the nature of the Amazon contract.
“As a means to this end, acquisition of key components to ensure our nation’s economic and critical infrastructure sectors can return to work is to secure equipment that will help ensure opening America is conducted with appropriate means to monitor and conduct surveillance of various workplaces and infrastructure settings.”the thermometers will be sent to a warehouse “where they will be stored until further distribution is determined.
The White House hadn’t provided comment at the time of publication. Amazon said it couldn’t comment on the details of customer contract. The urgency with which the Trump administration has sought to open up America has caused some concern. Whilst the president has encouraged states to open up and given out
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