MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 13, 2020 9:49 pm
Keep hoping that Trump will get a clue, Salty.
Nope, Trump can't order states to close or to open. He can recommend only.
Unless what, martial law? forcing people out of their homes???
He does have extraordinary powers to tell businesses to re-direct their output, but hasn't used that power to any real effect. He does have the ability to federalize production and distribution of key elements, testing, PPE, ventilators, etc...but they haven't done it.
And he does have an enormous bully pulpit. He used it to enormously ill effect.
He's going to continue to flail and flail and flail. He'll whine and whine and whine about how awful the press is for not recognizing what a Very Stable Genius he really is and he will blame absolutely anyone and everyone for his own shortcomings.
and guys like you will keep giving all that a pass...because you agree with some of his policies...
I believe he has declared a national state of emergency and has the right to do so if he has not already excersized it. As such his self imposed power is virtually unlimited and his right wing courts will happily rubber stamp every edict he declares.