“Trump, as President, can greatly influence public perception towards demanding an end to any unnecessary shut downs.”
The important words here are “influence public perception.” Trump’s claim to have total authority over the shutdown is only partial.
He can apply pressure based upon his duties within the interstate and international commerce, but the actual order to pull back is within the hands of the governors of each state.
States rights as they are not trying to withdraw from the union where he can come in with national guard troops and reclaim, cannot be violated. (And if they are fired upon, they lose their citizenship status and he can bring in federal troops) So the states are not within Trump’s control for this unless the things happen.
I couldn’t find anything that said Trump took responsibility for the shutdowns. Could you please tell me where you found that? The different state shutdowns, as they are different in length and scope individually, have been a warm kudo for the state reps as an “I am here to protect you” thing is what I found. Everything from the overprotective Washington and California to the late and under protective New York are probably each end of the scale. Thanks.
rwood
The Whitehouse “15 days to slow the spread” recomendations gave governors across the nation a green light to shut down their states as each saw fit. It was meant to “flatten the curve” and they recommended extensions beyond Easter if you recall. Now they want us shut down indefinitely for “testing” purposes. Yes the governors have authority over their states but with the White house blowing the shut down horn every afternoon it makes it very difficult to buck the feds, especially when governors are thrown under the bus by their president on national television. This is not America. This is China or the Soviet Union in it’s hey day. It needs to end.