President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that he "disagreed strongly" with the decision by Georgia's Republican governor Brian Kemp to reopen salons, gyms and other nonessential businesses later this week, saying, "It's just too soon." Trump's comments at a daily White House briefing marked an abrupt shift in tone.
Just last week, the president urged his supporters on Twitter to protest against statewide closures in three Democratic-led states — at the same time that mostly Republican governors like Kemp were taking steps to lift stay-at-home restrictions.
Kemp announced earlier this week that as of Friday, elective medical procedures could resume in Georgia, and that barbershops, nail salons and gyms could reopen with restrictions.