MAJOR UPDATE: Trump said the reports of Ivanka and Jared being on the council to reopen America are not true:
DC EXAMINER – President Trump has yet to announce the full list of people who will sit on his coronavirus economic task force, but Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump will not be part of the crew.
During a press conference on Monday, Trump was asked whether his daughter and son-in-law, who are both White House advisers, would be part of the White House task force on reopening the economy. Both had been reported to be on the team, but the president denied the rumors, saying, “No, they’re not.”
I guess Fox News got this one wrong. You can see the earlier reporting below…
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President Trump is establishing his council to reopen American and Fox News is reporting that he has named Ivanka and Jared Trump as part of the council.
Watch:
John Roberts reports that the council will be chaired by former Congressman Mark Meadows, with other members including Ivanka and Jared Trump, Treasury Secretary Mnuchin, Chief Economic Advisor Larry Kudlow, US Trade Rep. Robert Lighthizer, Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, Secretaries of Agriculture, Transportation, Energy, Labor, HUD, the OMB Director and the Chairman of Economic Advisors. Roberts notes that it will also include a couple of other people he didn’t name.
Roberts also mentioned that thus far, there’s no one from the private sector on the council. Just government types. That may change though as I believe Trump has already mentioned that he will be picking a few people from the private sector.
I’m guessing that some will question why Ivanka is on the committee. Honesty, I’m just happy Trump is moving in this direction and even if I didn’t like it, she’s only one person among many. I still think May 1st is too far away to get this going, but nobody is asking me what I think. Thomas Massie believes we are just weeks away from major damage being done to meat/food sector:
We are weeks, not months, away from farmers euthanizing animals that would have been sold for meat/food. Also, fruits and vegetables are going to rot in the fields. A drastic change in policy this week could ameliorate this inevitability.
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— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) April 13, 2020