You really are retarded...

Posted on: March 4, 2025 at 20:23:07 CT

(1) Those were only guidelines.

(2) It was very early on in the pandemic.

(3) Trump was opposed to it but caved to pressure from public officials like Fauci (all Democrats).

Here's the complete story from a more credible outlet:

• https://www.chicagotribune.com/2020/03/29/president-trump-extends-coronavirus-shutdown-until-april-30/

key excerpts:


President Trump extended the voluntary national shutdown guidelines for a month, bowing to public health experts.
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It was a stark shift in tone by the president, who only days ago mused about the country reopening in a few weeks.
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Trump's impulse to restore normalcy met a sober reality check from Dr. Anthony Fauci, who said the U.S. could experience more than 100,000 deaths and millions of infections from the pandemic.
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Trump had expressed interest in relaxing the national guidelines: "I want our life back again," the president told reporters in the Rose Garden.
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Trump added "Together we all have done a very good job."
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But after the extension was announced, Fauci warned, “We want to make sure that we don't prematurely think we're doing so great.”
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Many state and local governments have stiffer controls in place on mobility and gatherings.



So you see, even very early on in the "pandemic" Trump wanted to keep the economy going, but the media and public health officials like Fauci (all democrats) undermined him every step of the way. And of course, the federal guidelines had very little impact anyway. It was the collective actions of Democrat-controlled state and local governments that did most of the economic damage.