Two months later Trump's inaction on opioids is 'not good'
It started on Aug. 10. That was the day  Donald Trump   speaking from one of  his  golf resorts  used the words many in the public-health community wanted to hear.
In other words  there are some procedural complexities to this  which the administration still has to work through. And while that’s entirely plausible  it raises the related question of what in the world  Trump  was talking about in early August.
Northwestern University law professor Eugene Kontorovich said  Trump  was not breaking any new ground when he announced a national emergency but said “such a declaration does have to be transmitted to Congress in writing.” “Relevant monies won’t be released until such a thing is signed ” Kontorovich told NBC News. “Usually presidents will announce something and sign it at the same time as a photo-op kind of thing. I say usually because  Trump  is famously more extemporaneous than a typical president.”
Indeed  it’s the president’s reputation for “extemporaneous” policy pronouncements that leads one to wonder whether  Trump  meant to “officially” declare a national opioid emergency in August  or whether  he  just blurted out a thought that came to  his  mind.
It started on Aug. 10. That was the day  [TGT]speaking from one of  [TGT]  golf resorts  used the words many in the public-health community wanted to hear.
In other words  there are some procedural complexities to this  which the administration still has to work through. And while that’s entirely plausible  it raises the related question of what in the world  [TGT]was talking about in early August.
Northwestern University law professor Eugene Kontorovich said  [TGT]  was not breaking any new ground when he announced a national emergency but said “such a declaration does have to be transmitted to Congress in writing.” “Relevant monies won’t be released until such a thing is signed ” Kontorovich told NBC News. “Usually presidents will announce something and sign it at the same time as a photo-op kind of thing. I say usually because  [TGT]is famously more extemporaneous than a typical president.”
Indeed  it’s the president’s reputation for “extemporaneous” policy pronouncements that leads one to wonder whether  [TGT]  meant to “officially” declare a national opioid emergency in August  or whether  he  just blurted out a thought that came to  his  mind.