<p>President Trump said Tuesday he would &#8220;love to have the country opened up&#8221; by Easter which is April 12.</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s such an important day for other reasons, but I will make it an important day for this: I would love to have the country opened up, and they are just raring to go, by Easter,&#8221; the president said in a Fox News virtual town hall from the White House Rose Garden. “We’re opening up this incredible country. Because we have to do that. I would love to have it open by Easter.&#8221;</p>
<p>On March 16, Trump laid out a 15-day plan for Americans to follow. But in recent days, Trump has suggested that the timetable might need to ramped up.</p>
<p>&#8220;Our people want to return to work,&#8221; Trump wrote Monday on Twitter. &#8220;They will practice Social Distancing and all else, and Seniors will be watched over protectively &amp; lovingly. We can do two things together. THE CURE CANNOT BE WORSE (by far) THAN THE PROBLEM! Congress MUST ACT NOW. We will come back strong!&#8221;</p>
<p>In the Rose Garden, Trump said Americans are killed by all kinds of things and we don&#8217;t shut down the country.</p>
<p>&#8220;We lose thousands of people a year to the flu. We never turn the country off,” Trump said, echoing what he said Monday night at a White House briefing. “We lose much more than that to automobile accidents. We didn&#8217;t call up the automobile companies and say, ‘Stop making cars. We don&#8217;t want any cars anymore.’ We have to get back to work.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve never closed down the country from the flu.”</p>
<p>Trump said when Americans return to work, they will still need to take precautions.</p>
<p>&#8220;We can socially distance ourselves and go to work, and you have to work a little bit harder. And you can clean your hands five times more than you used to. You don&#8217;t have to shake hands anymore, with people. That might be something good coming out of this,&#8221; Trump said.</p>
<p>In Monday&#8217;s briefing, Trump said tough decisions need to be made.</p>
<p>&#8220;We have two very, very powerful alternatives that we have to take into consideration,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;Life is fragile and economies are fragile.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;If it were up to the doctors, they may say, &#8216;Let&#8217;s keep it shut down. Let&#8217;s shut down the entire world because again you&#8217;re up to 150 countries,'&#8221; Trump said, when asked whether any doctors on the task force agreed with his suggestion that social distancing guidelines will pay off in weeks not months.</p>
<p>&#8220;So, let&#8217;s shut down the entire world and when we shut it down, that&#8217;d be wonderful, and let&#8217;s keep it shut for a couple of years. We can&#8217;t do that,&#8221; Trump said.</p>
<p>The president also lauded health care professionals who have been conducting tens of thousands of tests for the coronavirus.</p>
<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve done more tests in eight days than South Korea did in eight weeks,&#8221; Trump said. South Korea has been praised for its quick set-up for testing, but experts say that&#8217;s not the reason the Asian country was able to quickly flatten its curve of the infected.</p>

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