While Pres. Trump has found ways to bend the mechanics of the federal government to his will in the past, he is coming up against the reality that pandemics don’t operate on political timelines.
Sunday timeline to “reopen” the country, or at least large sections of it, for 'normal' business -- despite health experts warning there is no evidence the virus's spread will have abated by then.
MORE: Coronavirus government response updates: Mnuchin says jobless claims report 'not relevant' in the short-term The president has since moderated his Easter goal somewhat, now saying there will be a “recommendation” by or before Easter. “But the country wants to get back to work,” Trump said. “Our country was built to get back to work. We don't have the -- a country where they say, ‘Hey, let's close it down for two years.; We can’t do that. It's not our country.”
"The LameStream Media is the dominant force in trying to get me to keep our Country closed as long as possible in the hope that it will be detrimental to my election success," hePresident Donald Trump debates with NBC News White House Correspondent Peter Alexander during a news briefing on the latest development of the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. at the White House, March 20, 2020, in Washington.
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