President Donald Trump used his daily coronavirus press conference to say he wants to reopen the U.S. economy after “not too long” after March 30, even though government medical experts and advisors oppose loosening measures such as social distancing (MORE VIDEO BELOW)
Later in the press conference, Trump doubled-down on his dangerous plan to put Americans back to work while the coronavfirus spreads across the nation:
We’re going to be opening our country up for business because our was meant to be open and working with others … we’re gonna get it going again very soon. Hopefully very, very soon.
TRUMP: "We're going to be opening our country up for business because our was meant to be open and working with others … we're gonna get it going again very soon. Hopefully very, very soon." pic.twitter.com/mZdmS1UJKd
Trump defended his dangerous idea by citing the numbers of deaths from the flu and car accidents:
TRUMP tries deflection: “We have a very active flu season … It’s looking like it’s heading to 50k or more deaths … You look at automobile accidents which are far greater than any numbers we’re talking about. That doesn’t mean we’re going to tell everybody no more driving.” pic.twitter.com/OJ8q9TBlho
