This one will knock Covid-19 into the ground, dead on arrival.
President Trump is preparing to announce as soon as this week a second, smaller coronavirus task force aimed specifically at combating the economic ramifications of the virus and focused on reopening the nation’s economy, according to four people familiar with the plans.
The task force will be made up of a mix of private-sector and top administration officials, including chief of staff Mark Meadows — whose first official day on the job was last week — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and national economic adviser Larry Kudlow, a senior administration official said.
Meadows is likely to lead the task force, though no official decision has been made, two senior administration officials said.
Meadows is likely to lead the task force, though no official decision has been made, two senior administration officials said.
The economic task force — which will be separate from the main coronavirus task force, despite having some overlapping members — will focus on how to reopen the country, as well as what businesses need to rebound amid catastrophic conditions. The goal is to get as much of the country as possible open by April 30, the current deadline Trump set for stringent social distancing measures.
Trump is not going to let Covid-19 get between him and his re-election. So if Covid-19 does not bend to his will, he will be prepared to sacrifice a couple hundred thousand of American lives to get his re-election economy back on track to where it was before Covid-19 made its sneak attack on his plans.
He does not care that most Americans have not had a test for Covid-19, nor that most would not have sufficient or adequate protect against the virus. No pandemic is going to tell Trump how lo lead, especially since this one has been so rude to interject itself on his plans for a second term.
So it’s the economy stupid Covid-19. Dare you to interrupt Trump’s plans.
