1 President @realDonaldTrump said, “As the entire US govt works to combat the global pandemic it is absolutely essential that the key positions at relevant federal agencies are fully staffed. And they’re (Congress) not allowing that 2 take place; their just not giving it to us… pic.twitter.com/blJ14dv8Ll
— @natsnews (@natsallnews) April 16, 2020
2 President @realDonaldTrump said, “We’re close to 250 judges but many have been waiting for two & a half yrs. There are current 129 nominees stuck in the senate bc of partisan obstruction. Many are nominated to assist w/the coronavirus & the result of the economic challenges..” pic.twitter.com/vyFc6nhdGe
— @natsnews (@natsallnews) April 16, 2020
3 President @realDonaldTrump said, ”The Under Secretary 4 Agriculture is responsible 4 administering the Food Security Program; Sonny Purdue is going 2 B saying pls can I have this person approved. He’s been telling me that 4 a longtime & the Democrats won’t let it happen” pic.twitter.com/4aDi3sad1U
— @natsnews (@natsallnews) April 16, 2020
4 President @realDonaldTrump said, “It’s disgusting, what things they say are disgusting toward our country…the Senators left Washington until May 4th. The Constitution provides a mechanism 4 the President 2 fill positions in such circumstances; the Recess Appointment..” pic.twitter.com/z5iIzQf9A6
— @natsnews (@natsallnews) April 16, 2020
5 President @realDonaldTrump said, “A tremendous amount of ppl that have to come into govt and more so than ever before because of the virus and the problem. We have to do it, & we have to do whatever we have to do. They made it very very difficult to run govt. I don’t think..” pic.twitter.com/aLMY9deqkm
— @natsnews (@natsallnews) April 16, 2020
6 President @realDonaldTrump said, “What they do, it’s a scam & everybody knows it & it’s been that way 4 a long time. Perhaps it’s never been done before, but we’re going to do it. We need these ppl here, we need pple 4 this crises & we don’t want 2 play political games anymore” pic.twitter.com/54t2EGYGp9
— @natsnews (@natsallnews) April 16, 2020
7 President @realDonaldTrump said, “The health & security of our nation and all nations as we announced yesterday the US govt has put a hold on all funding to WHO World Health Organization; pending a review of the organization’s coverup & mismanagement of the Coronavirus” pic.twitter.com/fmgUY5iLeX
— @natsnews (@natsallnews) April 16, 2020
8 President @realDonaldTrump said, “China, failed to control their borders at a very crucial phase, quickly unleashing the contagion around the world. It was a horrible tragic mistake or perhaps they knew! Op-ed on Coronavirus by Natalie Keshing https://t.co/qsaWAA9sR0 pic.twitter.com/aeqmdvqCKi
— @natsnews (@natsallnews) April 16, 2020
9 04/15/20
President @realDonaldTrump said, “We’re going to do $250 billion, this goes to workers & it goes to small businesses so we can save all our small businesses around our nation. Mike McFarlane from Nebraska recently said this has been a God send for a small factory…” pic.twitter.com/trRjXmdLwD— @natsnews (@natsallnews) April 16, 2020
10 04/15/20
President @realDonaldTrump said, “Dedicated workers in the food processing profession. It’s a profession but it’s incredible what they do. Keeping our grocery stores full. The shelves are not bare like the shelves I inherited when too over the medical stockpile…” pic.twitter.com/9H2sN2k9E1— @natsnews (@natsallnews) April 16, 2020
11 04/15/20
President @realDonaldTrump said, “We will be speaking to America’s Governors tomorrow and then we’ll be announcing exactly what’s happening. You already know we’ll be opening some states, some states sooner than others. Some states can open up before the deadline…” pic.twitter.com/bs553UBPfP— @natsnews (@natsallnews) April 16, 2020
12 04/15/20
President @realDonaldTrump said, “We want 2 get back our nation’s technology financial services food beverages hospitality real estate retail agriculture construction energy labor manufacturing & sport industries.We want 2 get our country open again.” & Pharmaceutical pic.twitter.com/mKVHYsA8cp— @natsnews (@natsallnews) April 16, 2020
13 04/15/20
President @realDonaldTrump Coronavirus Task Force said, “They talked about the vital importance of our wider array of relieve measures to address the present crises and provided valuable insights on how to move forward…” pic.twitter.com/UdqD1PS3mG— @natsnews (@natsallnews) April 16, 2020
14 04/15/20
President @realDonaldTrump Coronavirus Task Force said, “As we’ve seen throughout our proud history before America is never better than when our people are working in unison towards a common goal.” pic.twitter.com/SyfdY8AfNl— @natsnews (@natsallnews) April 16, 2020
15 04/15/20
President @realDonaldTrump Coronavirus Task Force @POTUS said, “We want 2 get our country back & were going to do it soon.”Because there will be many companies leaving China these companies will provide many jobs. This is a chance 2 rebuild like never before~Natalie pic.twitter.com/Ok4qtznr7G
— @natsnews (@natsallnews) April 16, 2020
President Trump Warns That He Might Adjourn Both House and Senate Amid Pandemic
President Donald Trump warned that he may adjourn both the House of Representatives and the Senate under recess provisions to appoint federal positions while noting that it has never been done before in the history of the United States.
The President, during a Wednesday night briefing, said he’s considering exercising his “constitutional rights to adjourn both chambers of Congress” over held-up nominees, describing the Democratic-led efforts to block his appointments as “a scam.”
The U.S. Constitution’s Article II, Section 3 stipulates that a president “may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them… He may adjourn them to such time as he shall think proper.
Trump said in his briefing that the “Senate should either formally vote on my nominees or it should formally adjourn so that I can make recess appointments. We have a tremendous number of people who have to come into government, and now more so than ever before because” of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) virus, a type of novel coronavirus that causes the disease COVID-19.
“If the House will not agree… I will exercise my Constitutional authority to adjourn both Chambers of Congress. The current practice of leaving town while conducting phony pro forma sessions is a dereliction of duty the American people can’t afford during this crisis,” he added. “It is a scam what they do.”
President Trump noted that the move to adjourn both chambers of Congress has perhaps never been done before.
“But we need those people here,” he said, referring to the held-up appointments in Congress. “We need people for this crisis, and we don’t want to play any more political games.”
President Trump noted that data suggested the county had passed the apex on new infections of the CCP virus.
As a result, the President will announce “new guidelines” for reopening the U.S. economy on Thursday. “We have passed the peak on new cases,” he said. “It’s very exciting,” he said.
Earlier this week, President Trump said that he has the power to order governors to reopen their states. On Tuesday, he said he would guide the governors but allow them to decide when to reopen their states.
According to Johns Hopkins University, the United States has more than 630,000 cases of the CCP virus and more than 27,000 deaths as of Wednesday night.
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