President Donald Trump on Tuesday called on the nation’s people and its government to respond quickly across a broad range of fronts to combat Coronavirus, which he called an “invisible enemy.”
Trump and members of the Cabinet and the Coronavirus Task Force offered several ways to help ease financial burdens placed on families and businesses, at Tuesday’s news conference. The day before, Microsoft News reported, Trump had recommended precautionary health and social guidelines aimed at slowing the spread of the virus and the effects of dangerous illness it causes.
Conceding that the nation is already in a recession or one is imminent, Trump and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin expressed support for sending checks – perhaps within two weeks – directly to families who could be facing financial difficulty, especially for workers who have already had to stop working.
Mnuchin said, “We are looking at sending checks to Americans immediately. What we heard from hard-working Americans, many companies are now shut down, whether bars or restaurants. Americans need cash now and the president wants to get cash now. I mean now – in the next two weeks.”
Trump added, “I think we are going to do something that gets money as quickly as possible” into the hands of Americans. He emphasized that he doesn’t want a pieced-together economic relief package. The administration is…
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