“It needs to end.”
Yes it does. But Trump can’t do it as he is not in conrol of the states, and never has been. He gave them the green light because he never had control of the red one or the green one. He can make recommendations, but he can’t enforce them and never tried.
A good article for this is:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/15-days-slow-spread/
The term recommendations was used a few times, but ordering was never used except to free up $42 billion in funds as that was the way to do it. He never ordered the shutdown of a state and by giving that “green light” said he would do what he could to support the governors in whatever action they took. And they did not do it the same way at the same time. If the president had done it, if he legally could, it would have happened simultaneously and been consistent, It wasn’t. He didn’t order it. The individual governors did. He did what he was legally bound to do.
rwood
He is legally a President. He has no legal standing as a doctor. He is the one with his daily show trumpeting the shut-down twins, scarf lady and shorty pants. They want to move the goal post beyond that which was originally given to this nation as the reason for all of this crap. He is allowing them their effort and thus is helping them impede the attempts to return to normalcy. He, as President, doesn't need to lean on these two to influence what the governors can or can't do. They are not credible and every second his afternoon shit show features them it diminishes HIS credibility as well. He is legally bound as President to look out for the welfare of the nation as a whole, not just some particular healthcare aspect of it. He is not doing this in my opinion and the sooner he starts by getting past the scarf lady and shorty pants the better off we will all be. He needs to declare victory over the flattened curve and allow this country to deal with the consequences.