WASHINGTON – Every day, a team of public health officials turns up in the White House briefing room to lay out measures being taken to contain the coronavirus pandemic.
A different team, expected to be formally announced as early as Tuesday, has begun meeting behind closed doors in the West Wing to tackle another matter paramount to President Donald Trump: how to begin reopening the American economy.
The council, which is not expected to include health officials, could bring to the forefront the push-pull tensions within the White House between economists and public health officials over how quickly to reopen the economy vs.