President Donald Trump is rejecting calls to put a single military commander in charge of medical supplies for the COVID-19 pandemic.

He says that his administration has the supply situation under control and that appointing a new czar makes no sense when hes already got several military commanders working on the federal response.

But the calls for a czar, a single authority, are coming from a lot of people, including Democratic elected officials and advocates for frontline medical workers. They say the supply situation remains a crisis, especially when it comes to the widespread shortages of protective gear.

And although critics have high regard for the military commanders working with Trump, they say the multitude of advisers (including civilians) and their overlapping portfolios mean no single person has control over both the production and distribution of critical equipment.