[livius]

He challenged Cuomo and Cuomo lost and had to back down. Cuomo had wanted Trump to be more aggressive and then Trump said, yeah, that’s what you want, yeah, ok?

That said, some of these state governors have been like little Stalins. even our Florida gov has issued an “advisory” - soon to be edict, I’m sure - for people over 65 to stay indoors.

Time to start Logan’s Run.

[nbenyo]

It’s like evacuating people in the path of a hurricane. We don’t have resources to help you if you get hit.

[Dave W]

You have it backwards. Cuomo didn't want a quarantine...in fact, he was quite vocal and mad about it this afternoon.

I think in the end, Trump probably had no legal authority (because his legal staff was looking into that) and without the 3 governors approval, how would you enforce?

That would be a logistical nightmare, so Trump backed down.