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Over the past 24 hours or so, President Trump has signaled a desire to reopen the American economy despite the accelerating spread of the coronavirus outbreak. Hes suggested he might reverse strict guidelines instituted over the past week or so sooner rather than later.
And on Monday night, he indicated he wont necessarily be dissuaded from that course by doctors.
At the daily White House press briefing, Trump repeatedly alluded to the idea that the United States needs to avoid letting the novel coronavirus destroy the economy and suggested it could be dealt with at the same time that certain parts of the economy are restarted.
Were going to be opening our country up for business because our country was meant to be open, Trump said. He added at another point that he thought he would be opening things up in weeks rather than months.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/03/23/trump-signals-he-wont-abide-by-doctors-coronavirus/
pat_k
(9,313 posts)... manufacture some "inherent" authority the president has to countermand a governor's orders and order businesses reopened?
Miguelito Loveless
(4,477 posts)Failure to comply means Trump will declare energency powers and arrest people who disobey his orders.
Azathoth
(4,611 posts)Stop with this nonsense.
Ms. Toad
(34,126 posts)You saved me from replying.
frazzled
(18,402 posts)I never thought Id be on the side of states rights, but pandemics create strange bedfellows.
Maru Kitteh
(28,345 posts)Kali
(55,031 posts)Mara Guano.
Journeyman
(15,044 posts)There's no way he'll put his imprimatur on whatever uptick in cases and deaths would follow.
Not gonna happen. He'll squawk a little more about it, but unless others step forward to support this (indeed, only if the Governors act to end the policy), Trump won't do squat.
Miguelito Loveless
(4,477 posts)Hint: its money.
Journeyman
(15,044 posts)Miguelito Loveless
(4,477 posts)Trump never takes responsibility for anything bad he does, but he will steal credit for good things he didnt do. He will also choose money over anything else, every time.
Norbert
(6,043 posts)But I will give him credit for trying. If the orange shitgibbon overrules him you will have a bunch of pissed and scared Ohio citizens. We have already had one idiot trumpezoid pastor hold a service at his megachurch in Sunday.