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•川普(Donald Trump)想讓美國在復活節，即4月12日前恢復經濟活動，儘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)等專家都認爲，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。川普沒有說是什麼樣的計算支持他定下這一目標：「我只是覺得這是個好日子。」但不難想像，在即將迎來大選之際——這場大選可能取決於外界如何評判川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——川普想讓市場以及美國經濟再次回到成長軌道上，而且要快。