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    In COVID Briefings, Trump Again Relies On Both Shock And Strategic Retreat

    On reopening the economy, defunding the WHO and adjourning Congress, the president's style — aggressive strides forward in rhetoric, then a more realistic step back — was on display.
    by Ron Elving Apr 18, 2020 4 minutes
    President Trump arrives for the coronavirus task force briefing at the White House on Thursday.

    President Trump's nightly briefings on COVID-19 this week have featured stunning pronouncements and reversals.

    Take the widespread response to the president's assertion on Monday that he could reopen local businesses by fiat — even against the wishes of governors: "When somebody is the president of the United States, the authority is total."

    That sentence looks like a true-false question on a test in constitutional law class. (Answer: False.)

    The next night, the president was walking back that widely repudiated statement to suggest a more cooperative posture. And by Thursday night, the message to governors was: "You're going to call your own shots."

    Instead of orders to reopen, the White House for states to meet before their businesses and public spaces return

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