May 07, 2020

Coronavirus: Inside the White House's race for more tests

22 minutes

Host Dan Diamond and POLITICO Dispatch host Jeremy Siegel look at the Trump administration's efforts to ramp up testing to get the country to re-open...and grade how well Jared Kushner's team has done.

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MENTIONED ON THIS SHOW

Kushner assembled a crash team to address coronavirus problems, Dan first reported.·

By early April, it was clear that many major initiatives were being driven by Kushner's group.·

The team now says its work, including a 96-hour project, helped reverse the nation's testing problems.

Trump touted reopening. Privately, his team sounded alarms.

Dan Diamond is host of POLITICO Pulse Check and author of the POLITICO Pulse newsletter.
Jeremy Siegel is a host for POLITICO Dispatch.
Annie Rees is a producer for POLITICO audio.
Jenny Ament is the senior producer of POLITICO audio.
Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio.

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