Trump adviser suggests reopening economy by putting 'everybody in a space outfit'

[CatWoman]

One of President Trump's economic advisers has an admittedly "crazy" idea for how to reopen the country amid the coronavirus pandemic: space outfits.

Stephen Moore, a member of Trump's economic task force, spoke to The New York Times this week about restarting the U.S. economy, saying he's been advising the president about how "we have to really get things opened" as soon as May 1st. But how are states to send people back to work in a safe way that doesn't endanger public health? Moore offered a bit of an ... out of the box ... suggestion.

"I was thinking this morning, and this is just kind of a thought experiment because I was thinking about this — why don't we just put everybody in a space outfit or something like that?" Moore asked. "No. Seriously."

The Times noted to Miller that "well, we'd have to make the space outfits," a fact he acknowledged while continuing to spitball.

"I mean, just thinking out loud, and maybe this is a crazy idea, but instead of just locking down the economy, putting everybody in a kind of — you're right," Moore said. "You have to make 200 million of these, but it wouldn't have cost $3 trillion to do that. ... I mean, I was looking online, and there are all these kinds of suits that they're building now that you're not exposed and you're breath — kind of ventilator."

The Times quickly moved on without nearly as many follow-up questions as expected, with Moore proceeding to claim the U.S. may not be able to "afford to wait" for more testing as experts have called for. Moore did, however, note multiple times in the interview that "I'm not a health expert" and at one point acknowledged while discussing one aspect of the pandemic, "Maybe I've got this wrong."

https://news.yahoo.com/trump-adviser-suggests-reopening-economy-175220168.html?soc_src=hl-viewer&soc_trk=fb

[Chainfire]

1. A Trumponian Solution

We can't make enough face masks, so lets make space suits instead.....

[lame54]

2. MUCH cheaper than cotton swab tests

[Newest Reality]

3. Oh!

What fun! I want my Freedom Spacesuit so I can pretend I am an interstellar astronaut and able to leave this messed up planet and the troglodytes that are running it.

When are they due? Will they come in designer colors? What about sizes? I am hoping there will be XXXL, not for me, but for many Americans.

[Kingofalldems]

4. Great--I'll be playing golf in my outfit.

[C_U_L8R]

5. How about they put Trump in a space suit and launch him at Uranus?

Just think of the lives and money we'd save.

[In_The_Wind]

6. The man is totally nuts.

[Marie Marie]

7. We can't even get masks for our healthcare workers and

now everyone is going to have a space suit?

[WyattKansas]

8. I thought about ordering a medical protective suit with a tyvek hood with an enclosed face shield.

And neatly printing 'Der Hair Fuhrer Protection' on the suit and with that labeled on the face shield.
Along with references to 'This is what happens when YOU vote Republican.' on them as well.

However, I figured that would probably get me shot and/or trumpanzees would violently try to rip the suit off me and steal it.

[Eugene]

9. Darn. I was hoping this was the Onion.

Space outfits? "I mean, I was looking online..."

As always, Trump always hires the best people.

[thesquanderer]

10. We are Space Force!

Uniforms to be made in China, no doubt.