Trump signals he won't abide by doctors on coronavirus

[RandySF]

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. He’s suggested he might reverse strict guidelines instituted over the past week or so sooner rather than later.

And on Monday night, he indicated he won’t 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.

“We’re 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]

1. Don't governors have a say in this? Or, should we be expecting to see Barr...

... manufacture some "inherent" authority the president has to countermand a governor's orders and order businesses reopened?

[Miguelito Loveless]

7. Governors will be ordered to comply

Failure to comply means Trump will declare energency powers and arrest people who disobey his orders.

[Azathoth]

10. Trump can't "order governors to comply"

Stop with this nonsense.

[Ms. Toad]

13. Thank you.

You saved me from replying.

[frazzled]

2. We're listening to our state officials, not him

I never thought I’d be on the side of “states’ rights,” but pandemics create strange bedfellows.

[Maru Kitteh]

3. Pretty sure "our country" translates directly to "Mara-guano"

[Kali]

12. oh! I like!

Mara Guano.

[Journeyman]

4. Trump won't take responsibility for ending social distancing . . .

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]

9. Do you think Trump cares more about lives or money?

Hint: it’s money.

[Journeyman]

11. Tell me one incident where Trump took sole responsibility. . . .

[Miguelito Loveless]

14. Confused by your question

Trump never takes responsibility for anything bad he does, but he will steal credit for good things he didn’t do. He will also choose money over anything else, every time.

[Norbert]

5. I was never a Dewine fan

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.

[Initech]

6. 25th amendment now!!!!

[spanone]

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