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(tǒng)唐納德?特朗普(Donald Trump)想讓美國在復活節(jié)，即4月12日前恢復經(jīng)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(shù)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(wèi)生危機，以及因此造成的經(jīng)濟衰退的表現(xiàn)——特朗普想讓市場以及美國經(jīng)濟再次回到增長軌道上，而且要快。