General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump tweets states 'should open up ASAP' as death toll nears 100,000
After defending spending part of his Memorial Day weekend golfing as "exercise" and retweeting a snide remark at his political opponent for wearing a mask, President Donald Trump is sending a clear message Tuesday that he wants state to open up "ASAP."
It comes as the U.S. death toll from the coronavirus nears 100,000 lives, after the World Health Organization warned of a "second peak" in the global pandemic and following viral videos on U.S. soil of some Americans ignoring social distancing guidelines over the weekend.
Trump also issued a threat to Gov. Roy Cooper of North Carolina, a Democrat, on Memorial Day that if the coronavirus restrictions in the state are not lifted, the Republican National Committee might move its August 2020 convention to Florida.
While the president looks forward to a "strong third quarter," some states in lockstep with his agenda of an aggressive reopening are seeing new spikes.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/coronavirus-government-response-updates-trump-tweets-states-should-open-up-asap-as-death-toll-nears-100000/ar-BB14CnXz?li=BBnbcA1
100,163 deaths currently.
sakabatou
(42,146 posts)dhill926
(16,336 posts)you're becoming irrelevant....
spanone
(135,816 posts)mitch96
(13,885 posts)With his "states logic" when Pearl Harbor was attacked it was Hawaii's fault that they did not protect the fleet and it's their problem to defend the island from all aggressors.... uffda
m
Windy City Charlie
(1,178 posts)It's one thing to want to open things up, it's quite another to ask people to support what's opened up.