President Donald Trump has further backed away from his claim of having ‘total’ authority on when to reopen the country, and told Americans Thursday he would ‘allow’ governors to reopen at their discretion. ‘To preserve the health of our citizens we must also preserve the health and functioning of our economy,’ Trump said at the White … Read more
PROPOSED STATE OR REGIONAL ‘GATING’ CRITERIA These are the tests which have to be passed in a state or collection of states to allow them to move from lockdown to phase one SYMPTOMS Downward trajectory of influenza-like illnesses (ILI) reported within a 14-day period AND Downward trajectory of covid-like syndromic cases reported within a 14-day period … Read more
President Donald Trump on Wednesday accused other countries of lying about the number of coronavirus deaths after the United States became the country with the most coronavirus deaths in the world. ‘To think you’re getting honest numbers from some of these countries,’ the president said in response to a question from DailyMail.com. ‘Does anybody really … Read more
Bill Gates slammed President Donald Trump’s decision to withhold $500million in funding to the World Health Organization, saying it’s ‘as dangerous as it sounds’. The tech magnate, worth $104billion, tweeted Wednesday saying the US’ involvement with the WHO is more necessary than ever. ‘Halting funding for the World Health Organization during a world health crisis … Read more
To those in Britain and across the world who hope and pray that their political leaders are up to the challenges posed by coronavirus, well, just be thankful you don’t live in the US. Yesterday, Donald Trump compared the governors of states who might seek to defy him over his desire to end the lockdown … Read more
President Donald Trump on Tuesday abandoned his push for ‘total’ authority to reopen the country and said he would leave the decision in the hands of the individual governors of each state. Facing angry governors and a violation of the U.S. Constitution, the president tried to spin his decision as one of graciousness, saying he … Read more
Donald Trump on Tuesday called any governor who resisted his ‘total authority’ as president a mutineer and threatened to withhold coronavirus aid from them if they didn’t heed his call to reopen the country. ‘Tell the Democrat Governors that “Mutiny On The Bounty” was one of my all time favorite movies. A good old fashioned … Read more
President Trump showed reporters a White House-produced video during Monday’s briefing in an attempt to shame the New York Times for critical coverage of his coronavirus response. The video, which the president said was produced by Dan Scavino, the White House social media director, showed – in the White House’s words – that the ‘media minimized … Read more
President Donald Trump insisted that the call on when to reopen the country and the economy will be a ‘decision by me’ – as it was revealed his task force on the vital matter will include cabinet members, his daughter, and his son-in-law. Trump hyped the decision on Twitter, after saying for days it would … Read more