Trump Aides Plan to 'Reopen' Country Next Month

[RandySF]

(CNN)President Donald Trump's aides have begun intensive discussions on a plan to reopen the US economy as soon as the start of May, according to people familiar with the deliberations, setting up what some officials predict could be another showdown between the President's health and economic advisers.

Trump himself has begun aggressively touting a potential turnaround in the outbreak, even as health officials caution it's too early to declare victory in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

"FLATTENING OF THE CURVE!" he wrote on Twitter on Wednesday. Speaking to state and local leaders during a phone conversation from the Oval Office later Wednesday, Trump signaled he was working on reopening the economy as "quickly as possible."

"We're making tremendous progress. You see that," Trump said, according to audio obtained by CNN. "You see what's going on with the bump, the hill, whatever you want to call it, it's really -- we're looking very good."
Officials said the options being discussed on reopening the country vary widely in scope, from recommendations on benchmarks for when individual states can begin easing restrictions to a nationwide "big bang" that Trump previewed Tuesday evening on Fox News. The officials said the conversations were still preliminary and would likely evolve over the course of the next weeks.

Still, some officials have even begun mulling the type of event Trump may want to mark the day when nationwide restrictions are lifted after he suggested a "big celebration" when the crisis is over.



https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/08/politics/donald-trump-economy-big-bang-coronavirus/index.html

[SoonerPride]

1. Good thing it isn't up to him. The governors call the shots

Which means red states like mine (Oklahoma) will see a huge spike in illness and death.

[redstatebluegirl]

13. Yes, the people I live around here in Oklahoma are following the instructions of "their leader".

Our town is supposed to be shut down, but they are still out doing things we are not supposed to do but Stitt told them if they were not old or infirm they could "go about their business". They say our mayor is a "liberal nutcase". Ok then....

[SoonerPride]

20. Eactly. Which is why I am not returning to public spaces until I get vaccinated

Other than essential purchases, I am staying inside because I know most Okies think it is "overblown"

[redstatebluegirl]

21. Us too. I have a compromised immune system so husband goes out for essentials.

My insurance company won't do a 90 day supply of drugs so he will have to go out again in a week or so. Okies don't follow any rules they see as "libs telling them what to do" or "libs making fun of them". They really hate us, educated northern transplants.

[mcar]

36. Odd, isn't it?

IMPOTUS keeps saying everything is up to the states but with this, it's not?

[Windy City Charlie]

2. All he's concerned about

All he's concerned about is getting people into his hotels and golf courses. Every day those sit empty, the more it makes him panic.

[beveeheart]

18. And his rallies!

[underpants]

3. They can't. They can only change the CDC recommendations

[Zoonart]

4. I agree... lets all have a big Hootenanny down in DC.

Let's see...what shall we call it? I think Bastille Day is taken.

[Hoyt]

5. I'm fine with working on a PLAN for when it makes sense.

[bullwinkle428]

34. A plan that involves testing on a massive level, "like you wouldn't believe", is really

the only viable route to some kind of "return to normalcy".

[riversedge]

6. wonder if trump will get the military to five him a bigly parade???................

Still, some officials have even begun mulling the type of event Trump may want to mark the day when nationwide restrictions are lifted after he suggested a "big celebration" when the crisis is over.

[gibraltar72]

7. Fucking idiot wants to go through this more than once.

Jesus Christ when Is a responsible R Governor gonna speak up. Not for his state but the nation as a whole?

[redstatebluegirl]

15. He is hoping the second round comes during Biden's run so he can somehow blame him.

[uponit7771]

23. +1, Wisconsin was a trial run

[Mopar151]

8. Small time, ambitious, and clueless

Not to mention STUPID
Of course they think they have it figured -they're idiots!

[Lulu KC]

9. My gut tells me September will be nice--briefly

and then we'll all be ordered back.
Not placing bets, but that's what it's telling me today.

[Tanuki]

10. "Big celebration"? President Prinekiller should turn off Fox and turn on the History Channel.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.history.com/.amp/this-day-in-history/flu-epidemic-hits-philadelphia
"On September 28, 1918, a Liberty Loan parade in Philadelphia prompts a huge outbreak of Spanish flu in the city. By the time the pandemic ended, an estimated 20 million to 50 million people were dead worldwide."....(more)

[Windy City Charlie]

11. My guess

My guess is they'll start to contrive suicide and depression numbers from the economy being shut down in order to justify reopening the economy.

[cbdo2007]

12. Let's start planning rallies for all Trump supporters in all major cities for May 1 for the big

reopening!!

[Takket]

14. they can't reopen what they didn't close.......

the only reason why 2 million people aren't going to die is because Dem governors eld the charge shutting their states down, and some GOPers have been DRAGGED kicking and screaming into following suit.

The states will open when THEY say so, and only in a phased approach. there will be no huge single event reopening in drumpf's honor

[spanone]

16. ...and when the second wave comes?????

they say it will.

[unblock]

17. no nationwide policy on shutting down, but he'll shout the reopening from the rooftops

"i am now declaring victory over this very real enemy and triumphantly ending the nationwide shutdown that didn't happen because it was all a hoax!"

[gibraltar72]

19. He is going to use the aid as blackmail

to force Governors to reopen. He's looking for a couple of days of not so terrible numbers. When that happens he'll say it's over. If Governors don't do that no more aid. Bet money on that.

[uponit7771]

24. OP worthy !!!!!

[gibraltar72]

28. Thank you

I've been feeling that for a week or so. I believe he'll hold what he hasn't sold to our enemies as a club. "Nice state you got there be ashamed if something happened to it".

[jimfields33]

31. No doubt

We already see how he treats areas he doesn’t like DC was first look.

[logosoco]

22. "the horror of the invisible enemy...must quickly be forgotten"

so we're just supposed to forget, eh?

And the mention of those who "sadly lost a family member or friend" in that sentence, is that the first time he has actually said anything about those who have died from this? And he put it in a sentence with "quickly forgotten".

This is just sickening.

[uponit7771]

25. Nope he'll hold supplies hostage

[John Fante]

26. I plan to not give one solid shit what Gump

and is inept lackeys have in store next month. It's not their call.

[thegoose]

27. Reopen this

You ancient bloated fuck.

[Skittles]

29. Trump wants his MISSION ACCOMPLISHED moment

[TeamPooka]

33. and he can have it, surrounded by thousands of Republicans

We'll all stay home for a couple more weeks

[Chainfire]

32. Trump can do what he wishes

I will not resume a normal routine until no new cases are diagnosed in my region for 30 days. It may be by the end of May or it may not. The loss of morale to open too soon and bring back another wave, and possibly a larger wave, would be intolerable.

Trump needs, for once, to let the experts decide when the time is right instead of Wall Street and Fox News.

For those of you who think that Trump has no say in the matter, I will remind you that the red state governors will follow him like blind men. If it works for them all is good, if it fails, they can blame it on the President.

[maxrandb]

35. Although he has no authority to tell people to go back to work and risk their lives

There will be a date set, and the fucker will be there with a ribbon and a giant pair of scissors.

All media outlets will treat it as "important news".

God, I served almost 30 years in the Navy... and I now HATE this fucking country.