The US sent a hospital ship to help New York City, then covered it with rules that have made it almost useless.

This fits the conman's pattern. He signed a law to give Americans payments to tide them over, then made rules to exclude millions. He signed a law to give some American workers paid sick leave, then made it easy for a company to exclude its workers from paid sick leave.

I wonder if the conman had anything to do with the rules preventing the use of the hospital ship.

I wonder if he studied government under Kafka.