Here's when Donald Trump sees US economy re-opening after Coronavirus outbreak

With lives and ecomy hanging in balance, President Donald Trump said Tuesday he is hoping United States will be reopened by Easter as he weighs how to relax nationwide social-distancing guidelines to put some workers back on job during Coronavirus outbreak.

As many public health officials call for stricter — t looser — restrictions on public interactions, Trump said he was alrey looking toward easing visories that have sidelined workers, shuttered schools and led to a widespre ecomic slowdown. 

“I would love to have country opened up and just raring to go by Easter," he said during a Fox News virtual town hall. Easter is just over two weeks away — Apr. 12.  “Wouldn't it be great to have all of churches full," Trump said in a subsequent interview. “You'll have packed churches all over our country.”

Health experts have me clear that unless Americans continue to dramatically limit social interaction — staying home from work and isolating mselves — number of infections will overwhelm health care system, as it has in parts of Italy, leing to many more deaths. While worst outbreaks are concentrated in certain parts of country, such as New York, experts warn that highly infectious disease is certain to spre.

U.S. is w more than a week into an unprecedented 15-day effort to encour all Americans to drastically scale back ir public activities. guidelines, issued by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, are voluntary, but many state and local leers have issued mandatory restrictions in line with, or even tighter than, those issued by CDC.

On Monday, U.S. saw its biggest jump yet in death toll from virus, with more than 600 American deaths w attributed to COVID-19. Trump's comments come after dire warnings by officials in hard-hit areas. New York. Gov. Andrew Cuomo said his state's hospital system will soon hit a breaking point — resulting in avoidable deaths — even with restrictions alrey in place. 

“I gave it two weeks," Trump said during town hall from Rose Garden. He argued that tens of thousands of Americans die each year from seasonal flu and in automobile accidents and “we don't turn country off.”

When 15-day period ends next Monday, he said, “We'll assess at that time and we'll give it some more time if we need a little more time, but we need to open this country up." He ded, “We have to go back to work, much sooner than people thought.”
Trump's Easter target was t immediately embraced by Dr. Deborah Birx, coordinator for White House task force, who indicated any move would have to be guided by data still being collected. She suggested that public health professionals could recommend a general easing, while pushing for local restrictions to remain in hardest-hit areas.

Trump ackwledged that some want guidance to continue, but claimed without providing evidence that keeping guidance in place would le to deaths from suicide and depression. "I'm sure that we have doctors that would say, 'Let's keep it closed for two years,'" Trump said. “, we got to get it open.”

He ded, "This cure is worse than problem."

Trump's reassessment comes as White House is encouraging lawmakers on Capitol Hill to pass a roughly $2 trillion stimulus pack to ease financial pain for Americans and hard-hit industries.

Trump's enthusiasm for getting people back to work comes as he takes stock of political toll outbreak is taking. It sets up a potential conflict with medical professionals, including many within his government, who have called for more social restrictions to slow spre of virus, t fewer.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, nation’s leing expert on infectious diseases and a member of White House’s coronavirus task force, did t appear at virtual town hall, but Trump denied re were any tensions between two men.

Lawmakers have suggested y'll look to Fauci for guidance on when restrictions should be lifted. “I'm going to take my le from Anthony Fauci,” Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W. Va., said on CNN. “That's person I trust, that's person Americans trust." 

Fauci told WMAL rio in Washington on Tuesday that Trump has always heeded his recommendations. " president has listened to what I have said and to what or people on task force have said," Fauci said. “When I have me recommendations he has taken m. He's never countered or overridden me, idea of just pitting one against or is just t helpful.”

Larry Kudlow, Trump’s top ecomic viser, told reporters Tuesday that “public health includes ecomic health." “That’s key point. And it’s t eir-or. It’s t eir-or, and that’s why we’re taking a fresh look at it,” he said.

During a private conference call with roughly 30 conservative leers on Tuesday, Vice President Mike Pence reinforced Trump’s erness to lift coronavirus-related work and travel restrictions “in a matter of weeks, t months.” When pressed on a specific timeline for lifting restrictions, Pence said re would be formal decisions me until current 15-day period of social distancing was complete, according to a conference call participant who spoke on condition of anymity to share details of private discussion. Pence told group that accommodations would need to be me for highest-risk populations if and when restrictions begin to be lifted.

Despite Trump's rosy talk, or elements of government were digging in for long haul. Top defense and military leers on Tuesday warned department personnel that virus problems could extend for eight to 10 weeks, or even into summer.
Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, said during a Defense Department town hall meeting that restrictions could go into late May or June, possibly even July. He said re are a variety of models from or countries, so exact length of virus and necessary restrictions are t yet clear.