Thank the good Lord for Mnuchin, Kudlow, Miller, and Navarro. At least there are some sane voices in the administration advising the President. I worry that May 1 is too late, but at least the conversation is starting.
IMHO, what they should be doing is informing the American people about the calamity that is being unleashed. Let them see models of cancer deaths from postponed exams, heart-disease deaths from postponed surgery, and suicides. Let these models be compared with the crap CV ones. Until the People see this, there will not be enough support for opening up.
In all this I have heard Trump tell the one and only brazen lie of his Presidency.
Reporter: Is there any friction between your economic advisors and your medical team on this (decision to extend the lockdown)?
Trump: None
Clearly unequivocally untrue.
I guess he felt he had to say it to support his own decision.
...and the unemployment numbers. I think there’s still a backlog of filers and the system is a bottleneck.