After some comments earlier in the week indicating he might take more of a presidential hands-on approach with states when it comes to beginning to re-open for business, President Trump had a call with governors today and reportedly had this to say:
“You’re going to call your own shots,” Mr. Trump said in a telephone call on Thursday with the governors, according to an audio recording provided to The New York Times. “You’re going to be calling the shots.” https://t.co/6mGhYwTN22
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) April 16, 2020
Trump guidelines on reopening economy to let governors make final decision https://t.co/EDOWeUwM5m pic.twitter.com/JwYT9KEu1P
— The Hill (@thehill) April 16, 2020
Naturally that’ll cause a commotion among the “Trump-triggered no matter what” crowd, but at the end of the day it’s the right way to go about it:
This is good. https://t.co/IHPNAkQjfZ
— Mo Mo (@molratty) April 16, 2020
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This is the correct position
Of course, with a healthy input of data and resources from the federal government https://t.co/3GbAfleUj0
— Fusilli Spock (@awstar11) April 16, 2020
The “Trump’s a wannabe dictator” sect will no doubt be criticizing Trump for not acting like enough of a dictator.
WHY WON'T HE BE A DICTATOR? https://t.co/Q6dp9Q3jo9
— David Edward ? (@_David_Edward) April 16, 2020
worst dictator ever https://t.co/7gEAhjMQ8q
— Ryan (@chasinghumility) April 16, 2020
Dictator Trump strikes again. https://t.co/Yk0qtWFe34
— Trevor Sutcliffe (@TrevorSutcliffe) April 16, 2020
Liberals having a very hard time with Federalism ? https://t.co/yFFXgs1tAP
— American 'Cogito, ergo sum armatus' (@TheRealTD1) April 16, 2020
That was made apparent by many of the replies.