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Americans Furious After Trump Names His ‘Council to Reopen America’ With the Worst People Possible
Donald Trump confirmed he plans to convene a new council of business and medical leaders intended to guide his administration toward reopening the U.S. economy, and now we know who those names are.
Trump teased the new group at a White House news briefing on Friday, saying he would dub it the “Opening Our Country Council.” The members would be announced Tuesday, he said.
“We’re also setting up a council of very, very great doctors and businesspeople,” he said, saying the group’s focus would be “beyond economic.”
Trump suggested the group would be bipartisan and be diverse in terms of geography because of the way the coronavirus has impacted certain parts of the country differently.
The formation of the group was expected, with reported members including Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and Trump’s daughter and senior adviser Ivanka Trump, as well as private-sector figures. Now we see it also includes Jared Kushner and Wilbur Ross, the same man who said coronavirus would be “good for the country.”
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The president and his top aides have in recent days been pushing to reopen parts of the economy as early as the start of May as unemployment skyrockets and businesses across the country remain shuttered due to the virus outbreak.
“I want to get it open as soon as possible,” Trump said Friday. “This country was meant to be open and vibrant and great.”
Trump added that he would not singularly push to reopen the economy, telling reporters that “the facts are going to determine” his course of action.
Twitter was sickened:
1. Former Birther
2. Unqualified daughter of President
3. Guy who bought his way into Harvard and married his way into the WH
3. Producer of Suicide Squad
4. Failed TV Pundit
5. Who?
6. Famous for sleeping through meetings https://t.co/JxLUOlpc4A— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) April 13, 2020
& 2 of the 7 people on this task force of vital importance to our country are relatives of the president. Something so unsettling about that fact. (Thankful for federalism enshrined in our constitution.) https://t.co/T8mpDGEDFi
— Michael McFaul (@McFaul) April 13, 2020
You could have chosen this council exclusively from members of the not-so-bright branch of Louis Gohmert's family (the Slower Gohmerts) and the quality of the group would not be dramatically diminished. https://t.co/15GFMweYQL
— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) April 13, 2020
Trump's nepotistic kleptocracy appoints his daughter & her husband, and a bunch of billionaires, to plunge us all further towards death by 're-opening' the country too soon. They're only worried about their own money, otherwise this 'council' would have included health experts. https://t.co/2KoTQ3uMvt
— Eva Golinger (@evagolinger) April 13, 2020
Relax guys. We’re in good hands. This will be handled smoothly and wisely. pic.twitter.com/NlL3JMedlw
— Helen Kennedy (@HelenKennedy) April 13, 2020
Not a single scientist. Not one. Does anyone wonder how we reached 23,000 dead Americans and counting? https://t.co/lYSvcJHXRh
— Evan McMullin (@EvanMcMullin) April 13, 2020
We're f***ed.
And as futile as it is now to say it, imagine Hillary Clinton creating a council like this and putting Chelsea and her husband on it. There would be fires across the prairies as far as the eye could see. https://t.co/uI0WWO0qk1
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) April 13, 2020
😱OMG…@realDonaldTrump's "dream team" that's advising on how/when to re-open America is a TOTAL nightmare.
Not. A. Single. Doctor. Or. Scientist.
Many THOUSANDS of Americans are DYING from this deadly #coronavirus, and this motley crew is supposed to "save" us.🤬#FireTrump https://t.co/HEdTRXjHZP
— Dr. Dena Grayson (@DrDenaGrayson) April 13, 2020
Not a single epidemiologist or credible economist on this panel.
But Javanka! Yay! https://t.co/HeL56LyLJf
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) April 13, 2020
hahahahahahaha oh my fucking JEBUS…. Really? NOT A SINGLE HEALTH PROFESSIONAL? NOT A SINGLE PERSON OF COLOR? YOUR FUCKING DAUGHTER???
we're all gonna die.
"When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes" https://t.co/7hpCjBBCM1— matthew lillard (@MatthewLillard) April 13, 2020
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