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Is that we are dangerously over dependent on a Global Supply chain. For our medicine is. Like penicillin our medical supplies like masks and our medical equipment like ventilators we have right now as we speak over 50 countries have already imposed some forms of export restrictions in their country against the rest of the world and what weve read were learning from that. Is that no matter how many treaties you have no matter how many alliances or matter how many phone calls. When push comes to shove you run the risk as a nation of not having what you need and if theres any vindication of the president s by american secure borders and a Strong Manufacturing base philosophy strategy and belief it is this crisis because it underscores everything that we see there so the buy american order which which is going through process would do do couple things it would simply say not during this crisis because we dont want to disrupt anything or be really clear about that but Going Forward after th