Trump says media want country in coronavirus shutdown longer to hurt election but ‘real people want to get back to work’

PRESIDENT Donald Trump has said that the media want the country to stay shut to hurt his re-election, but ‘real people want to get back to work’.

The president took to Twitter on Wednesday saying: “The LameStream Media is the dominant force in trying to get me to keep our Country closed as long as possible in the hope that it will be detrimental to my election success.”

The tweet continued: “The real people want to get back to work ASAP. We will be stronger than ever before!”

It follows the news on Tuesday that Trump wants the US re-opened by Easter.
Speaking at a virtual town hall meeting about the coronavirus pandemic yesterday, Trump said: “I would love to have it opened by Easter.”

When asked if it would be possible to reopen the country on Easter Sunday, April 12, the president replied: “I think it’s possible. Why isn’t it?”

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The tweet follows the news on Tuesday that Trump wants the US re-opened by Easter[/caption]

Later, Trump added: “Easter is a very special day for me, and I see it sort of in that timeline that I’m thinking about.

“Wouldn’t it be great to have all of the churches full? …Easter Sunday and you’ll have packed churches all over our country.”

The president also said that people can practice good hygiene and social distancing even when they go back to work.

During an interview on The Ingraham Angle, disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci said everyone on the White House team understands the U.S. response needs to be “flexible.”

“The president clearly listens.

“I mean, he has this aspirational goal of hoping that we might be able to do it by a certain date.

“We talked him about that. We say we need to be flexible.”

Also on Tuesday, ex-Fox News host Glenn Beck told his radio show listeners that everyone over the age of 50 should go back to work because he would “rather die than kill the country”.

He said: “I mean, I’m in the danger zone. I’m right at the edge, I’m 56. In Italy they’re saying if you’re sick and you’re 60, don’t even come in. So I’m in the danger zone.

“I would rather have my children stay home and all of us who are over 50 go in and keep this economy going and working.

“Even if we all get sick, I would rather die than kill the country. Because it’s not the economy that’s dying, it’s the country.”

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