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US Won't Close Again if Hit by 2nd Coronavirus Wave, Trump Says

Steve Herman

   WHITE HOUSE - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday placed more
   pressure on states to reopen for business despite continuing concerns
   about the coronavirus.

   "I don't think people are going to stand for it" in states that do not
   resume normal activities quickly, the president told reporters as he
   toured a Michigan automotive plant repurposed to produce ventilators
   for COVID-19 patients.

   All 50 states have announced plans to reopen at least partially
   following shutdowns that have crippled the American economy.

   If there is a second wave of the coronavirus, "we're not closing our
   country," Trump vowed.

   In a speech to the workers at Ford Motor Co.'s Rawsonville Components
   Plant, the president said, "a permanent lockdown is not a strategy for
   a healthy state or a healthy country."

   The country is poised "for an epic comeback," the president said.

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