During his speech, Pres. Trump misspoke when he said prohibitions would impact a 'tremendous amount' of trade and cargo. He later clarified in a tweet that trade won't be affected by the Europe travel ban.
announced an extraordinary ban on some travel from Europe to the United States for the next 30 days and called for a series of stimulus measures to blunt the economic side effects of the virus.
Restrictions exempt U.S. citizens, permanent residents and foreign nationals who are immediate family members such as the spouses and children of U.S. citizens and permanent residents who have undergone appropriate screenings. Even as the president sought to reassure a jittery public that"this is not the financial crisis" and is"just a temporary moment of time that we will overcome together as a nation and as a world," he called for a series of dramatic stimulus actions to prop up the American economy from the side effects of the virus.
During his speech, Trump misspoke when he said prohibitions would impact a"tremendous amount" of trade and cargo. He later clarified in a tweet that trade won't be affected by the Europe travel ban."The restriction stops people not goods," he tweeted.
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