Desperate for a change in the COVID-19 spread that will help his re-election, and in the choice of available hope, Trump opts for false ones.
The 15-day period is set to end on March 30.
President Trump is weighing calls from some Republican lawmakers and White House advisers to scale back steps to contain the coronavirus despite the advice of federal health officials as a growing number of conservatives argue the impact on the economy has become too severe, according to several people with knowledge of the internal deliberations.