I don’t like where this is going Trump seemed to be backing away a bit from getting the country rolling again maybe not it was subtle and if he was something caused it and it’s not good. If you watched today was that your impression?
I came in maybe 5-10 minutes in.
I'll go back and look at it from the start, because I can't answer that from what I saw.
I know that he was adamant about re-starting for a few of the recent dailies.
This actually involves ME because I'm part of the temporary Census crew for 2020.
They pulled us out of the field on the morning of the 19th, and told us to stand down till April 1.
My state is locked down till the second week in April.
Yes, he backed away from re-opening at around 56 minutes, but still left the door open for decisions being up in the air going towards the next week and the following week.
As you said, it was subtle. I'm wondering if the upcoming New York hydroxychloroquine results will figure heavily into the decision(s).
The passage of the support package bought him a little time...very little really, but maybe enough. Things will get hard for the average American pretty fast. The problem is that the society at large is panicked, at least to the point that the fear of the virus exceeds the concern over their future. He has to hold out until a peak is reached and the downhill side is obvious before taking the straightjacket off the economy. Otherwise he is handing power to the Democrats.
It’s a tight thread of the needle...we are in uncharted waters, never before has the world’s pre-eminent economy been shutdown overnight. That would normally be the end of the society, the nation, almost immediately. How much time he has is still a very big question.