In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, Trump announced to restart the economy soon

Many opinions say that this could be a double-edged sword for President Trump in balancing between fighting the Covid-19 pandemic and economic development, as well as negatively affecting the race to the White House later this year.

US President Donald Trump. Photo: Getty

Arguing that the economy cannot be kept in a state of limbo for long, President Trump said in his latest speech that the situation cannot be allowed to worsen. He said that when the 15-day business closure period expires on March 30, he will officially make a decision on “reopening” the country and restarting the economy.

Mr. Trump's statement came at a time when the WHO warned that the United States would be the next epicenter of the Covid-19 pandemic. According to Politico, this move by Mr. Trump could break social distancing measures, as well as push the US health system into crisis under the terrible pressure of a sudden increase in the number of patients.

According to a calculation model by Imperial College, if the government implements Mr. Trump's "opening up" idea, the number of deaths from Covid-19 in the US could reach 2.2 million people. At the same time, the number of deaths is out of control, hospitals are overloaded... only causing more damage to the economy. Politico quoted medical experts as saying that President Trump may not be really serious when making this statement or has not accurately approached the current epidemic situation.

But in response, Mr. Trump immediately realized this idea by saying that he would temporarily move the activities and part of the White House staff to the epidemic center, New York City; encourage employees to use the elevator to go to lunch, go to work by subway and bus as well as participate in sports activities...

In another development, after much disagreement, the US Congress has almost reached an agreement on a $2,000 billion economic stimulus and support bill, paving the way for the bill to be passed soon. This development has caused the Dow Jones index to skyrocket 11% - the strongest increase in 1 day since 1933. With this development, investors again agreed with President Trump's statement that he will consider restarting the economy.

But from another perspective, in response to the “Ted Connect” program, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates commented that the US has missed the opportunity to effectively prevent Covid-19, and businesses should remain closed during this time. In addition, legal experts commented, a US President has quite limited power to require citizens to return to work or cities to reopen administrative buildings, as well as restart transportation…