Donald Trump wants the US back open for business by Easter — April 12. Never mind that experts including Anthony Fauci, one of the key members of the White House coronavirus task force, believe that cases of Covid-19 might not even peak before May. The president did not say what calculation underpinned his target: “I just thought it was a beautiful day.” Yet it is easy to imagine that in the run-up to an election — one that might hinge on how his administration is perceived to have dealt not just with the health crisis but with the recession that will result — Mr Trump wants to get the markets and US growth back up again, and fast.
美國總統唐納德?特朗普(Donald Trump)想讓美國在復活節，即4月12日前恢復經濟活動，盡管白宮應對新型冠狀病毒特別小組關鍵成員安東尼?福奇(Anthony Fauci)等專家都認為，美國的新型冠狀病毒肺炎（Covid-19，即2019冠狀病毒病）病例數可能在5月之前都不會見頂。特朗普沒有說是什么樣的計算支持他定下這一目標：“我只是覺得這是個好日子。”但不難想象，在即將迎來大選之際——這場大選可能取決于外界如何評判特朗普政府應對這次公共衛生危機，以及因此造成的經濟衰退的表現——特朗普想讓市場以及美國經濟再次回到增長軌道上，而且要快。