The toll on the economy, which is real regardless of where you stand on the danger from the virus, is real. The reaction and the shutdowns are real. The layoffs, which will be massive within a week, including blue collar layoffs, are real.
It will deliver a pounding to Trump. It will be a miracle if he can survive it.
It will be a pounding either way.
One of them results in less deaths.
If you read twitter, look for nntaleb
“It will be a miracle if he can survive it.”
I don’t see how any POTUS could survive it, unless they see the alternative as leading to certain death.