.MaddowBlog: New White House reopening 'plan' lacks an actual plan
President Donald Trump announced federal guidelines to reopen the U.S. on Thursday that put the onus on governors of making decisions about their states' economies.... It is "implementable on a statewide or county-by-county basis" at the discretion of each state's governor -- a stark contradiction from the president's earlier assertion that he had "total authority" to direct governors how and when to reopen.
As a practical matter, it suggested the White House was simply yielding to reality: Trump's chest-thumping on Monday notwithstanding, most federal officials very likely realized that they had limited authority to bark orders at state leaders. The president could not, for example, direct governors to end state-based stay-at-home orders.
Quite right. For Trump, this is the ideal dynamic because he doesn't really have to do much, and he can point fingers as a way of redirecting responsibility. Unsatisfied with stay-at-home orders? Blame your governor. Alarmed by rising death tolls? Blame your governor. Skyrocketing unemployment? Blame your governor.
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