I respiratori fantasma e il metodo T.

...well, it’s like — I watched Governor Cuomo, and he was very nice. We’re building them hospitals. We’re building them medical centers. And he was complaining about — we’re doing probably more — definitely more for — than anybody else. And he was talking about the ventilators, but he should have ordered the ventilators. And he had a choice; he had a chance. Because right here — I just got this out — that he refused to order 15,000 ventilators. I’ll show this to Bill, but — take a look at that, Bill. What does that say?
.... This says that New York Governor Cuomo rejected buying recommended 16,000 ventilators in 2015 for the pandemic — for a pandemic; established death panels and a lotteries instead. So he had a chance to buy, in 2015, 16,000 ventilators at a very low price and he turned it down. I’m not blaming him or anything else, but he shouldn’t be talking about us. He’s supposed to be buying his own ventilators. We’re going to help. But, you know, if you think about — if you think about Governor Cuomo, we’re building him four hospitals. We’re building him four medical centers. We’re working very, very hard for the people of New York. We’re working along with him, and then I watch him on the show, complaining. And he had 16,000 ventilators that he could have had at a great price and he didn’t buy them.  Foxnews Virtual Townhall

La fonte dalla quale il presidente americano ha attinto le sue informazioni, è un articolo scritto da un ex vice-governatrice repubblicana dello stato di New York in carica verso la fine degli anni novanta. Pubblicato su un sito poco conosciuto, l’articolo (che contiene un breve resoconto di tenore simile anche riguardo alla situazione italiana) è stato subito ripreso dal famigerato Gatewaypundit.
Come ha notato la stampa americana, si tratta di affermazioni gravi ma prive di accuse verificabili. L’unica idea che ci si può fare sull’orientamento tenuto dal governo dello stato di New York nel 2015 (lo stesso di altri stati) rispetto all’acquisizione di respiratori, è un documento che fornisce linee guida aggiornate secondo la gravità della situazione.

If an influenza pandemic on the scale of the 1918 pandemic were to occur, it is possible that New York would face a significant shortage of ventilators. Because influenza pandemics are unpredictable and their impact unknown in advance of the pandemic, officials must consider and plan for a worst-case scenario. 
New York State has stockpiled 1,750 ventilators57 to help reduce ventilator need in the face of the moderate scenario;58 however, there are no current plans to buy enough ventilators for the most severe model. The State’s current approach to stockpiling a limited number of ventilators balances the need to prepare for a potential pandemic against the need to maintain adequate funding for current and ongoing health care expenses. Furthermore, severe staffing shortages are anticipated, and purchasing additional ventilators beyond a threshold will not save additional lives, because there will not be a sufficient number of trained staff to operate them. In the event of an overwhelming burden on the health care system, New York will not have sufficient ventilators to meet critical care needs despite its emergency stockpile. If the most severe forecast becomes a reality, New York State and the rest of the country will need to allocate ventilators and other scarce resources. 

Non sono state trovate a oggi prove concrete o testimonianze dell'orientamento tenuto dal governatore Cuomo secondo l'articolo della signora McCaughey.

L’aspetto interessante di questa vicenda, è che mette in luce quello che potremmo chiamare metodo Trump.
Uno schema messo in atto di tanto in tanto anche nei confronti dell’”alleato" italiano.
E che ha in qualche occasione visto i nostri servizi segreti protagonisti forse accidentali.
Sulla stampa americana vicina all’amministrazione sono fatte accuse poco circostanziate contro il governo. Queste sono riprese in maniera più o meno consapevole dalla stampa italiana.
Dopo un lungo dibattito interno interviene lo stesso Trump con un tweet pacificatore , o il segretario Pompeo fa dichiarazioni benevole nei confronti dell’Italia, e la tensione è ad un tratto stemperata.
A distanza di mesi (vd. vicenda Barr) si scopre che il casus belli che ha messo in pericolo la sopravvivenza del governo e la tenuta democratica del Paese, era una semplice bolla di sapone.