CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The plans to reopen the country are close to being finalized, and we will soon be sharing details and new guidelines with everybody… And I will then be authorizing each individual governor, of each individual state, to implement a reopening and a very powerful reopening plan of their state at a time and in a manner as most appropriate…
[T]here are numerous states that are in great shape right now. They’re viewing the rest of the country like we don’t even believe this is happening… We’re going to let them open sooner than the date… But it’s going to be very, very soon — sooner than the end of the month.”
-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump in Press Briefing,” whitehouse.gov, Apr. 14, 2020