White House Floats Relief Ideas, But Officials Admit There’s No Real Plan Yet
On March 10, administration officials said the White House did not yet have a specific economic response ready as the coronavirus shock deepened. Trump had already promised a big intervention, but the meeting with Senate Republicans produced more fog than policy. That gap between promise and preparedness was exactly the kind of screwup that rattles markets and makes a crisis look bigger than it already is.
First recorded Mar 10, 2020·Meaningfully updated Mar 10, 2020
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White House Floats Relief Ideas, But Officials Admit There’s No Real Plan Yet
On March 10, administration officials said the White House did not yet have a specific economic response ready as the coronavirus shock deepened. Trump had already promised a big intervention, but the meeting with Senate Republicans produced more fog than policy. That gap between promise and preparedness was exactly the kind of screwup that rattles markets and makes a crisis look bigger than it already is.
On March 10, administration officials said the White House did not yet have a specific economic response ready as the coronavirus shock deepened. Trump had already promised a big intervention, but the meeting with Senate Republicans produced more fog than policy. That gap between promise and preparedness was exactly the kind of screwup that rattles markets and makes a crisis look bigger than it already is.
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