Perezida Trump avuga ko amashuri adahuza abarimu n’abanyeshuri imbona nkubone muri uyu mwaka w’amashuri, agomba kohereza amafaranga ateganijwe kuri buri munyeshuri agahabwa ababyeyi babo kugira ngo bayakoreshe mu mashuri yigenga cyangwa kuyifashisha bigira mu rugo.
Ku wa kane, Trump yagize icyo abivugaho mu kiganiro yagiranye n’abanyamakuru, avuga ko ababyeyi benshi bafite kuzaguma mu rugo, mu gihe amashuri atarasubira mu buryo byo kwiga busanzwe. Perezida Trump wari usanzwe ashyigikiye uguhitamo kw’amashuri, yavuze ko kudafungura amashuri bizagira ingaruka mbi ku banyeshuri.
Trump yagize ati: “Niba amashuri atongeye gufungura, inkunga igomba kujya ku babyeyi kugira ngo bohereze abana babo mu bigo bya Leta, ibyigenga, iby’amadini cyangwa amashuri yo mu rugo bitewe n’amahitamo yabo.” Akomeza agira ati niba ishuri rifunze, amafaranga agomba gukurikira umunyeshuri kugirango ababyeyi n’imiryango y’umwana bayagenzure uko bashaka bitewe naho bifuza ko ajya kwiga. Akaba ariyo mpamvu dushaka ko amafaranga yahabwa umubyeyi w’umunyeshuri. Ubu buryo, bushobora kubaha icyemezo cyiza kibabereye.”
Ati: “Ntidushobora guhagarika burundu abana miliyoni 50 b’Abanyamerika kujya ku ishuri kuko byakwangiza imitekerereze yabo, umubiri wabo ndetse n’amarangamutima yabo.” Donald Trump yavuze ko gufungura amashuri, nabyo ari ngombwa kugira ngo ababyeyi bashobore kujya ku kazi no gushaka ibitunga imiryango yabo. Yavuze ko ababyeyi bagera kuri miliyoni 5.6 batazashobora gusubira ku kazi, mu gihe amashuri atarongera gufungura.
Trump yagarutse ku nyandiko yo muri Kamena 2020, y’ishuri ry’Abanyamerika ryita ku bana bato. Iyo nyandiko yavugaga ngo “kumara igihe kinini kure y’ishuri no guhagarika serivisi zifasha abanyeshuri akenshi bivamo kwigunga, bigatuma amashuri abigora kumenya no gukemura ibibazo by’imyigire ndetse n’umwana, ndetse binatuma habaho ihohoterwa rishingiye ku gitsina, gukoresha ibiyobyabwenge, kwiheba, ndetse n’ibitekerezo byo kwiyahura ku ngimbi.”
Iyi nkuru dukesha “Christian Headlines” ivuga ko ishuri ry’Abanyamerika ryita ku bana ryagize riti: “Ibi na byo bituma abana n’ingimbi bashobora guhura n’ikibazo cyo kwandura indwara, ndetse rimwe na rimwe bagapfa.” Ati: “Usibye ingaruka z’uburezi n’ingaruka z’imibereho yo gufunga amashuri, habayeho ingaruka zikomeye zo kutihaza mu biribwa no mu mikorere y’abana n’imiryango yabo.” Trump yagize ati: “Amashuri agomba gufungura mu buryo bwiza buboneye, ariko agomba gufungura.”
Hagati aho, Trump yavuze ko yasabye inama y’ubuyobozi bafatanyije kuyobora gutanga miliyari 105 z’amadolari mu mashuri, kugira ngo bashyigikire amashuri afite ingano ntoya, abarimu benshi ndetse n’ibikoresho bifasha abarimu, kwambara udupfukamunwa, ndetse no kubafasha kongera ubunini bw’ahantu ho kwigira, mu rwego rwo kubafasha kubahiriza gusiga intera hagati y’umuntu n’undi.
Trump yagize ati: “Ibihugu birenga icumi by’i Burayi, kimwe na Koreya y’Epfo, Tayiwani n’ibindi byinshi, bimaze gufungura amashuri, kandi nta barwayi bashya ba COVID-19, bagikunze kuboneka muri ibyo bihugu.” Ati: “dushobora kugera ku ntego imwe nitwishyira hamwe, tugakurikiza uburyo bwiza bwo kwivuza, kandi tugashyira mu bikorwa ibyo twiyemeje.”