"He jousted with journalists who questioned a tweet he had sent earlier in the day, in which he claimed to have fiat power to override orders by state governors to close nonessential businesses and public spaces and encourage residents to shelter at home.
And Trump bristled at the suggestion that his power was restricted by the American federalist construct, which grants autonomy to the 50 states, and which he has repeatedly during the coronavirus crisis attempted to disrupt.
“When somebody is the President of the United States, the authority is total,” Trump said, referring to matters of public health and police powers inside the states. The assertion was dogpiled by legal analysts as a gross and wild misreading of the Constitution...."
www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/13/...riefing-latest-media
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A hastily organized press conference involving the governors from six northeastern states - NY, NJ, CT, RI, DE, RI, PA - is underway, as the group explain to the public how they will work together to cut costs and pool resources to battle the epidemic, and coordinate the difficult decision of reopening the regional economy.
Earlier, several governors insisted that they and they alone would decide when to reopen their states, and the briefing was apparently called after President Trump insisted he had the sole power to reopen the states - which many immediately rebuffed.
Not content to let Cuomo and his fellow governors on the East Coast have all the fun, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he'd release a plan on Tuesday outlining how he'll reopen his state. He said Oregon, Washington and California have developed a cooperative "framework" to get their local economies back on line. Reporters can expect the plan around lunchtime, he added.
www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/...na-report-distressing-surge