Trump’s Task Force For Re-Opening the Country Is Not Inspiring Confidence
Fox News White House correspondent John Roberts reported on Monday that President Donald Trump will soon announce a council to re-open the U.S. economy amid the coronavirus pandemic, a plan that was quickly ripped apart on Twitter.
The current members of the council to “re-open America” include Mark Meadows, Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner, Steven Mnuchin, Larry Kudlow, Robert Lighthizer, and Wilbur Ross, none of whom are experts in medicine, science, or public health. Several members of this team have come under fire for making statements about the coronavirus outbreak which have proved to be far from prescient. Ross, on Jan. 30, said that the pandemic would bring jobs back to the U.S. And on March 6, Kudlow said the virus was “contained.” Those two men, along with the commander-in-chief’s daughter and son-in-law, will comprise a majority of the group charged with what Trump himself has termed the “most important decision” of his presidency — the call to determine when America will reopen.
Political pundits and business leaders have taken to Twitter to express their lack of confidence in Trump’s plan or his council members:
California, Oregon, and Washington devise a plan to reopen based on facts and science, putting peoples’ safety first.
Meanwhile, Trump’s “Council to Re-Open America” has ZERO medical professionals, ZERO scientists, and at least two people who are there based solely on nepotism. pic.twitter.com/aHbxaKf7ZT
— Rus McLaughlin (@rusmclaughlin) April 13, 2020
Business leaders don’t have confidence in Trump’s plan to ‘re-open America’: report https://t.co/8dvJPnjxRr
— Raw Story (@RawStory) April 13, 2020
Council to Re-Open America Through Ordinary American kNowhow https://t.co/y0pXubLqpb
— Eric Rauchway (@rauchway) April 13, 2020
Trump’s council to re-open America fittingly includes a producer of SUICIDE SQUAD [h/t @EdgeofSports] pic.twitter.com/omsHowaBKg
— David Rudin (@DavidSRudin) April 13, 2020
The Council to Re-Open America on day one. pic.twitter.com/cl8XMsiNLy
— Seth Masket (@smotus) April 13, 2020
Look at the Trump council to re-open America. That is some diversity: All different shades of white people. pic.twitter.com/jKg0iqmT7p
— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@DeanObeidallah) April 13, 2020
Right now, Jared is typing “How to re-open America” into Google.
— Adam Feuerstein (@adamfeuerstein) April 13, 2020
Thank goodness the full list on the Council to Re-open America (CREAM?) includes experts in public hea— https://t.co/LY4eYYBxn9
— Eric Columbus (@EricColumbus) April 13, 2020
Trump’s committee to re-open America consists of:
– 6/7 white dudes
– the president’s daughter and son-in-law
– a billionaire and a former sub-prime loan fraudster
– tea party leader
– guy who said “the economy was in good shape” 3 weeks ago
– no one with relevant competence https://t.co/gmwg2qZtxm— Max Berger (@maxberger) April 13, 2020
Is it too much to ask that if you claimed the Coronavirus would be *GOOD* for the US economy, that you aren’t allowed on the “Council to Re-Open America” for one year? Asking for a Commerce Secretary. https://t.co/i07z4BzK2K
— Todd Schulte (@TheToddSchulte) April 13, 2020
I don’t either.
Business leaders don’t have confidence in Trump’s plan to ‘re-open America’: report – https://t.co/meogtsxTQs
— Sarah Burris (@SarahBurris) April 13, 2020
God help us pic.twitter.com/p9QEEEYvZ7
— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) April 13, 2020
— Helen Kennedy (@HelenKennedy) April 13, 2020
The “council to re-open America”, aka the council to prematurely put workers at risk during a pandemic, has:
– Zero doctors
– Zero nurses
– Zero public health officials
– Two unqualified members of @realDonaldTrump’s family pic.twitter.com/PQvse76a0L— Harley Rouda (@HarleyRouda) April 13, 2020
If someone asked me to write a parody of who would be on Trump’s “Council to re-open America,” I couldn’t have come up with a list this good.
Trump put his daughter and son-in-law, who were elected to nothing, to lead the country out of the coronavirus outbreak? Beyond parody. pic.twitter.com/GQW0a43mCt
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) April 13, 2020
it’s because they just announced the council of fools to re open America
— riteshbatra (@riteshbatra) April 13, 2020
The president named his “council to re-open America.” Not one doctor. Not one public health expert. Not one scientist. Not one national security expert. His daughter. His son-in-law. A Fox host. A “freedom Caucus” member who lied about having a college degree. (He doesn’t.) pic.twitter.com/Ta40zJ0U8d
— Darinstrauss (@Darinstrauss) April 13, 2020
Trump has been pushing for a May 1 re-opening of the economy and has also taken to Twitter to incorrectly claim that he decides when the coronavirus lockdown ends, as opposed to the governors.
Watch above, via Fox News.
