Washington Post: Trump's plan is designed to shield himself from blame should there be new outbreaks
As testing outcry mounts, Trump cedes to states in announcing guidelines for slow reopening
By Philip Rucker, Josh Dawsey and Yasmeen Abutaleb
April 16, 2020 at 4:27 p.m. PDT
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Despite Trump’s desire for a May 1 reopening, his plan does not contain a date for implementation and is a vague set of recommendations for a three-phased reopening of businesses, schools and other gathering places in jurisdictions that satisfy broad criteria on symptoms, cases and hospital loads.
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The plan effectively reverses Trump’s claim earlier this week that he had “total authority” to declare the nation reopened. The federal guidelines shift accountability to governors and mayors, placing the onus on them to make decisions for their own states and localities based on their own assessments of the coronavirus’s spread and risk of resurgence.
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Trump’s the-buck-stops-with-the-states posture is largely designed to shield himself from blame should there be new outbreaks after states reopen or for other problems, according to several current and former senior administration officials involved in the response who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/as-testing-outcry-mounts-trump-cedes-to-states-in-announcing-guidelines-for-slow-reopening/2020/04/16/202ec300-7ffa-11ea-8013-1b6da0e4a2b7_story.html
If things improve dramatically and the economy takes off (unlikely), Trump will try to take all the credit. If things so south fast (likely), Trump will shift blame to the states.
He's so obvious.
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Glad you found your way here.
Yes he is obvious! Madame Speaker said it best: "With him, all roads lead to Russia!" But, as pointed out above 👆, only to informed voters. MSM had better straighten out their agenda & start reporting reality!
Wonder whether Putin is happy yet?
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Me too. I am also new here. 👍😁
