President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that he would be prolonging the federal government’s social distancing guidelines to April 30 as a precautionary measure against the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The better you do, the faster this whole nightmare will end,” Trump said during a town hall. “Therefore, we will be extending our guidelines to April 30th to slow the spread.”
There would be a “very important statement” on the new guidelines on Tuesday, according to the President.
“We can expect that by June 1, we will be well on our way to recovery, we think, by June 1,” he added.
Trump’s decision is a notable departure from his previous push to have the guidelines end by Easter (aka April 12) to boost the economy, which took a major hit from the coronavirus.
Medical experts and state lawmakers warned that such a deadline was unrealistic given how that the outbreak in the U.S. continues to escalate, and even some White House officials reportedly tried to discourage Trump from setting hard limits on social distancing.
“I never said you wouldn’t get your hair mussed. It’s really too bad. About your hair. Not my hair.
My hair is perfect, just like that phone call.”
By April 30th the body count will be so high there won’t be any talk of cutting short the social distancing guidelines for quite some time. By then we’ll be lucky if there isn’t talk of food rationing. I’m waiting to hear the farmers projections for how successful or unsuccessful the planting will be this Spring.
Well on our way to recovery by June 1, that’s better, but still not very realistic. Just look at the numbers, we’re on our way up, the sky is the limit.
How about he apologizes to our doctors and nurses now? Reckless, heartless, in-way-over-his-head monster. They’re struggling to get needed supplies because of his slow and stupid actions. So he blames them for profiteering??
Wonder if we’ll ever hear about that particular projection-brain-fart again.
It is time for DJT to pull an LBJ and resign in an election year…