But with the number of new jobless claims now surpassing 33 million, the state of the shuttered economy seems far more important. When President Trump was asked whether the death toll will rise as the states reopen. But I had no idea how popular the task force is until actually yesterday when I started talking about winding down,” he said. Of course he knew that the task force is highly respected and that experts like Anthony Fauci have high approval ratings. But he wants to pivot to restarting the economy--yes, there’s an election going on--and the task force is laser-focused on the pandemic.

Source: Fox News May 08, 2020 06:56 UTC