Trump says reopen by Easter, Corporate America says not so fast


U.S. President Donald Trump, center, and U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, left, wait to begin a Fox News virtual town hall in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, March 24, 2020. Trump said he wants to wind down "social distancing" and re-open the U.S. economy by Easter, which is April 12.

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump wants America to get back to business by Easter, suggesting some efforts to slow the spread of coronavirus outbreak will no longer be needed by then, but Corporate America is taking its lead from health professionals.

The president, who is concerned about the economic repercussions of an extended shutdown of nonessential business, said in a television interview on Tuesday that he wanted to see businesses returning to normal by Easter, or April 12.

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