The president is shifting his messaging from the particulars of the virus, where he’s made repeated missteps, to the details of American business, where he sees his own brand
President Donald Trump is looking to the business executives of America to get him out of the coronavirus penalty box.
“People are angry about not being able to make a living for a month and a half,” said a Republican close to the White House who has discussed the administration’s strategy with top executives. “There is a lot of pent-up anger about being bullied into not doing what you want to do. Bringing businesses to the White House is a good strategy. People really are concerned about their economic future and it outweighs the safety at this point.
In addition to attacking China for introducing Covid-19 to the world, Trump’s political advisers want to position him as the candidate who oversaw a booming economy, stock market and low unemployment until the pandemic hit. Now they intend to argue in the coming weeks that he — and he alone — is the one who can resurrect the economy again, just as the first GDP data arrives Wednesday marking the end of a decade-long economic expansion that Trump inherited.
Now, the White House is trying to go beyond just a messaging exercise to transfer some of the weight of the recovery into businesses, both big and small.
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