A lot of digital ink has been spilled about what a terrible idea is for trump to “open” the country for business on Easter. Many people have accurately pointed out that he doesn’t have the authority to do that. Governors Newsom in California and Cuomo in NY won’t be bullied in easing the restrictions on gatherings and business. trump knows that.
The real reason he is talking about it is he wants to shift the blame of the coming recession (hopefully not depression). He only cares about one thing: reelection. The one thing he could brag about was the (Obama) economy, even though his idiotic tariff wars and tax cuts have made the economy less than otherwise would have been.
When the recession comes and the unemployment skyrockets, he’ll reject any responsibility by saying “It’s not my fault, I wanted to open the economy. The governors and mayors didn’t listen, so it’s their fault.”
Of course the MAGA idiots will eat his BS and ask for more, but the rest of the country will rightly blame him for it. His poll numbers might look better today, but that’s just rallying ‘round the flag effect (and a weak one, Bush Jr. was at 80% after 9/11).
Like a somewhat different Republican once said “You can fool some people all the time. You can fool all the people some of the time. But you can’t fool all the people all the time”