AS A SELF-DESCRIBED wartime president, Donald Trump is choosing sides in the battle to curtail the damage from the coronavirus pandemic.
Trump is choosing the economy.
Clearly frustrated at the layoffs and stock market plunges that have occurred as result of stay-at-home directives and business shut-downs, Trump Tuesday doubled down on plans to loosen “social distancing” federal guidance meant to keep people from infecting each other. The nation, he declared in a Fox News virtual town hall, will be “open for business” by Easter, April 12. Continue reading.