Trump invokes Korean War-era law to force GM to make ventilators for COVID-19 victims
March 27, 2020 at 15:41 PM EDT
President Trump on Friday afternoon said he signed a memorandum requiring General Motors to make ventilators for hospitals to help treat patients suffering from the COVID-19 illness, invoking for the first time a 70-year old law created during the Korean War that gives the government broad authority over private businesses.