Trump has expressed impatience with the strict social distancing measures imposed by governors that have helped contain the virus but have devastated the U.S. economy in the process.
U.S. President Donald Trump arrives for a Coronavirus Task Force news conference at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Sunday, April 5, 2020.Donald Trump
"He basically declared himself King Trump," Cuomo said, "And all that annoying federal-state back-and-forth that our founding fathers went through, he just disregarded that."The Democratic governor, whose state is the epicenter of the Covid-19 crisis in the U.S., was responding to Trump's recent claim that he has the power to lift the restrictions put in place by state leaders to try to slow the spread of the disease.
Legal experts say Trump is wrong to claim authority over measures imposed by state leaders to protect the health and safety of their constituents. The president had tweeted earlier that "it is the decision of the President" on whether to "open up" the states that have put themselves in lockdown, "and for many good reasons."
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