Donald Trump pushes for an economic reopening
4 years, 8 months ago

Donald Trump pushes for an economic reopening

The Telegraph  

Federal guidelines that encouraged people to stay at home and practice social distancing expired late last week. Larry Kudlow, Mr Trump's top economic adviser, on Sunday predicted a "spectacular 2021" - with "the right set of policies" - on top of a rebound from July through to December of this year. He said on CNN's State of the Union that the administration would "pause" to review the effectiveness of trillions in economic relief spending before making any decision on whether additional aid is needed. Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, said on Sunday that the armed protesters who demonstrated in her state "depicted some of the worst racism" and "awful parts" of US history by showing up with Confederate flags, nooses and swastikas. Asked about states that are reopening before they meet benchmarks laid out in federal guidelines she helped write, Dr Birx said the guidelines "are a pretty firm policy of what we think is important from a public health standpoint".

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Analysis: Trump’s push to reopen the US economy backfires
4 years, 5 months ago

Analysis: Trump’s push to reopen the US economy backfires

Al Jazeera  

Behind Biden in public opinion polls, Trump is in a ‘precarious’ political position as 2020 re-election campaign begins. After low turnout at a much-hyped Trump rally in Oklahoma, Karl Rove, the Republican mastermind behind former President George W Bush’s winning campaigns, told the television outlet Fox News that the president needed to hit the “reset” button on his campaign. “Trump …

Donald Trump’s post-Covid bubble is popping
4 years, 6 months ago

Donald Trump’s post-Covid bubble is popping

CNN  

CNN — America’s single worst day of new coronavirus cases obliterated President Donald Trump’s fantasyland vision of a post-Covid America – even as he sowed new diversions in an effort to hide the reality of his leadership void in a deepening national crisis. Yet on Thursday, Trump climbed aboard Air Force One for the third time in five days for …

Pence Says All 50 States Reopening In 'Responsible Manner.' Fauci Says Otherwise.
4 years, 6 months ago

Pence Says All 50 States Reopening In 'Responsible Manner.' Fauci Says Otherwise.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Vice President Mike Pence painted a rosy ― and misleading ― portrait of the U.S. government’s response to the coronavirus and the current state of the crisis in an op-ed published Tuesday in The Wall Street Journal. In one section, Pence, whom President Donald Trump appointed in late February to lead the White House’s coronavirus task force, …

Don’t let governors fool you about reopening (opinion)
4 years, 7 months ago

Don’t let governors fool you about reopening (opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Yaneer Bar-Yam is the founding president of the New England Complex Systems Institute, where he is an expert on pandemics and other complex systems. More than a dozen countries have flattened the curve and substantially decreased daily new infections by ensuring strong lockdowns, facemasks for everyone, strict travel restrictions and isolation of infected individuals away from home. While …

Trump’s push to reopen comes as hopes for a quick recovery fades
4 years, 8 months ago

Trump’s push to reopen comes as hopes for a quick recovery fades

CNN  

Washington CNN — To staffers inside the White House, it was clear by mid-April the “big bang” economic revival once predicted by President Donald Trump wasn’t in the cards. “They aren’t hearing it,” said one person with direct knowledge of internal White House discussions who noted those closest to the President, including Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and top economic adviser …

Trump will have to face the price of reopening the US economy: tens of thousands of American lives
4 years, 8 months ago

Trump will have to face the price of reopening the US economy: tens of thousands of American lives

CNN  

CNN — President Donald Trump now knows the price of the haunting bargain required to reopen the country – tens of thousands more lives in a pandemic that is getting worse not better. But in an interview published in Tuesday’s edition of the New York Post, Trump said Americans were ready come out of isolation and get back to normal …

Trump pushes economy reopening, says coronavirus could kill 100,000
4 years, 8 months ago

Trump pushes economy reopening, says coronavirus could kill 100,000

Live Mint  

Pushing to reopen the economy, President Donald Trump insists that states can gradually lift lockdowns and still protect people from the coronavirus pandemic, even as he's also suggesting US deaths could reach 100,000. “Look, we’re going to lose anywhere from 75,000, 80,000 to 100,000 people,” Trump said. This should have been stopped in China.” But he struck a note of …

Land of the free: Majority of US states begin to reopen as America enters new coronavirus phase
4 years, 8 months ago

Land of the free: Majority of US states begin to reopen as America enters new coronavirus phase

The Telegraph  

A majority of US states will partially reopen in the coming days as America enters a transition phase now the peak of coronavirus cases nationwide is believed to have passed. Senior US scientific advisers have warned that the change cannot be made like a “light switch” and remain concerned of a potential second wave of cases when autumn arrives. A …

Trump plans on 'sacrificing others' with new coronavirus strategy, former Bush aide warns
4 years, 8 months ago

Trump plans on 'sacrificing others' with new coronavirus strategy, former Bush aide warns

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. David Fum, who was credited with coining the “axis …

Trump: I ‘disagreed strongly’ with Georgia’s reopening plan
4 years, 8 months ago

Trump: I ‘disagreed strongly’ with Georgia’s reopening plan

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he “disagreed strongly” with the decision by Georgia’s Republican governor to reopen salons, gyms and other nonessential businesses that had been shuttered to contain the coronavirus, saying, “It’s just too soon.” During the daily White House briefing, the president indicated that while he is in favor of states reopening their economies, Gov. …

Some US producers, states reopening amid political pressure
4 years, 8 months ago

Some US producers, states reopening amid political pressure

Associated Press  

SEATTLE — Boeing and at least one other U.S. heavy-equipment manufacturer resumed production and some states rolled out aggressive reopening plans Monday, despite nationwide concerns there is not enough testing yet to keep the coronavirus from rebounding. Jared Polis said Monday that he would let his statewide stay-at-home order expire next week as long as strict social distancing and other …

McConnell holds up coronavirus aid, Trump reportedly plans to extort states into reopening
4 years, 8 months ago

McConnell holds up coronavirus aid, Trump reportedly plans to extort states into reopening

Salon  

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell pushed back on Democratic calls to provide aid to states in the upcoming coronavirus relief bill amid reports that President Donald Trump plans to use the funds to pressure states into reopening. Congressional leaders and the White House are negotiating a bill that would provide more than $300 billion in additional funding for the coronavirus …

Three Southern states move to reopen businesses amid coronavirus crisis as experts warn of possible ‘backfire’
4 years, 8 months ago

Three Southern states move to reopen businesses amid coronavirus crisis as experts warn of possible ‘backfire’

LA Times  

Protesters demonstrate at the Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., on Monday, demanding that Gov. The governor said he was concerned about residents “going broke worried about whether they can feed their children and make the mortgage payment.” None of the three states has achieved the 14 days of sustained decline in coronavirus infections that White House guidelines said should be in …

Trump gives governors options on how to reopen the economy
4 years, 8 months ago

Trump gives governors options on how to reopen the economy

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has given governors a road map for recovering from the economic pain of the coronavirus pandemic, laying out “a phased and deliberate approach” to restoring normal activity in places that have strong testing and are seeing a decrease in COVID-19 cases. “You’re going to call your own shots,” Trump told the governors Thursday afternoon in …

Coronavirus | President Donald Trump gives Governors options on how to reopen the economy
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus | President Donald Trump gives Governors options on how to reopen the economy

The Hindu  

President Donald Trump has given governors a road map for recovering from the economic pain of the coronavirus pandemic, laying out “a phased and deliberate approach” to restoring normal activity in places that have strong testing and are seeing a decrease in COVID-19 cases. Also | Interactive graphic tracking global spread of coronavirus - WHO “We’re starting our life again,” …

Powerful GOP allies propel Trump effort to reopen economy
4 years, 8 months ago

Powerful GOP allies propel Trump effort to reopen economy

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Leading Republicans say the coronavirus shutdown cannot go on. “It’s very much time to start having that conversation and start figuring that out,” said Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., who has shared his views with Trump. “It’s about stopping spending that will bankrupt the country and getting the $20 trillion engine that is the American economy started again as …

Governors will ease coronavirus restrictions under White House plan
4 years, 8 months ago

Governors will ease coronavirus restrictions under White House plan

LA Times  

Claiming that the worst of the coronavirus outbreak has passed, President Trump outlined a broad road map Thursday for each state to begin phasing out restrictions that have forced tens of millions of Americans to stay home for weeks, devastating the nation’s economy. “Some states will be able to open up sooner than others.” The guidance was released on a …

Trump orders halt to WHO funding; says it failed to do enough to contain COVID-19
4 years, 8 months ago

Trump orders halt to WHO funding; says it failed to do enough to contain COVID-19

India TV News  

US President Donald Trump has announced cutting off US payments to the World Health Organization during the coronavirus pandemic, accusing the organization of failing to do enough to stop the virus from spreading when it first surfaced in China. But when asked about possible US funding cuts during a regular UN briefing earlier Tuesday, WHO spokeswoman Margaret Harris responded, “Regardless …

CDC, FEMA have drafted a national plan to reopen US, report says
4 years, 8 months ago

CDC, FEMA have drafted a national plan to reopen US, report says

CNN  

CNN — There is a draft of a back-to-work strategy for the nation, created by a team led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, according to The Washington Post. One is readying the country through a “communication campaign and community readiness assessment until May 1,” according to the Post. Some restrictions will …

California Governor Outlines How The State Will Decide To Open Again
4 years, 8 months ago

California Governor Outlines How The State Will Decide To Open Again

NPR  

California Governor Outlines How The State Will Decide To Open Again Enlarge this image toggle caption Rich Pedroncelli/AP Rich Pedroncelli/AP California Gov. Gavin Newsom outlined Tuesday how the state will eventually decide to start lifting restrictions imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus. The governor did not indicate when these decisions might happen, only saying that "when it comes …

Editorial: No, Mr. Trump, you don’t get to decide when the economy restarts
4 years, 8 months ago

Editorial: No, Mr. Trump, you don’t get to decide when the economy restarts

LA Times  

Columnist Holman Jenkins offered an analogy in the Wall Street Journal over the weekend that captures the conundrum created by the U.S. response to COVID-19. That’s why it’s so disturbing to hear President Trump assert, as he did again Monday, that he has the power to “open up the states,” presumably by lifting the restrictions on movement and commerce. “When …

Trump wants to reopen country soon. But power really lies with governors
4 years, 8 months ago

Trump wants to reopen country soon. But power really lies with governors

CNN  

CNN — As President Donald Trump leans in to his fervent desire to reopen the nation’s economy by May 1, there is a major obstacle standing in his path: the nation’s governors and mayors who hold the power to enforce closures and who have often taken a far more aggressive posture on protecting public health than the President. Andrew Cuomo …

Trump keeps wanting to reopen the economy. Voters disagree.
4 years, 8 months ago

Trump keeps wanting to reopen the economy. Voters disagree.

CNN  

CNN — Public health officials almost universally agree that the best way to keep coronavirus deaths to a minimum is for Americans to stay at home as much as possible. Yet President Donald Trump keeps wanting to reopen the economy as he tries to weigh economic health and public health. In a Fox News poll this week, 80% of voters …

Trump To Announce Advisory Council On Reopening The Country, Shuttered By Coronavirus
4 years, 9 months ago

Trump To Announce Advisory Council On Reopening The Country, Shuttered By Coronavirus

NPR  

Trump To Announce Advisory Council On Reopening The Country, Shuttered By Coronavirus Enlarge this image toggle caption Evan Vucci/AP Evan Vucci/AP Updated at 4:36 p.m. Trump said on Friday that's the assignment he'll give to the new council he plans to appoint, which he said would include "great business, great doctors — we're going to have have a great group …

Trump says he may 'reopen' US in three weeks against advice of doctors who 'want to keep world shut forever'
4 years, 9 months ago

Trump says he may 'reopen' US in three weeks against advice of doctors who 'want to keep world shut forever'

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. "Our country wasn't built to be shut down," Mr Trump said during an evening …

Trump says he intends to reopen country in weeks, not months
4 years, 9 months ago

Trump says he intends to reopen country in weeks, not months

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — As cases of coronavirus rise, President Donald Trump said that he wants to reopen the country for business in weeks, not months, and claimed, without evidence, that continued closures could result in more deaths than the pandemic itself. “I’m not looking at months, I can tell you right now,” Trump said Monday, when asked about easing federal recommendations …

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