President Trump on Wednesday announced that he is invoking the Defense Production Act as part of the administration’s efforts to tackle the coronavirus pandemic -- and also described himself as being a "wartime president." "It can do a lot of good things if we need it," he said at a White House press conference. TRUMP INVOKES DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT: WHAT IS IT? Asked if he saw the nation as being on a wartime footing he said he did and described himself as "in a sense a wartime president." He made the remarks at a press conference along members of the coronavirus pandemic task force.

Source: Fox News March 18, 2020 16:17 UTC