The Road to Reopening the Economy Is Still Long

Last week, which was 84 years ago, we wrote the pandemic-gripped world is like that kid on the long car ride asking “Are we there yet?” The analogy was off by just a bit, at least in the U.S.: Here, that impatient kid is actually driving the car.

President Donald Trump has obviously been itching to end lockdowns, and yesterday he released guidelines on how states could do it. These were surprisingly deferential to governors, but that didn’t last long. This morning he was on Twitter, calling on Minnesota, Michigan and Virginia to “LIBERATE” themselves from sheltering orders imposed by Democratic governors. His reopening plan emphasizes caution, but it’s full of loopholes, notes Max Nisen, and now Trump is screaming at the top of his Twitter-lungs that states should use them.