{"id":13411,"date":"2020-05-05T17:28:32","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T21:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=13411"},"modified":"2020-05-05T17:57:34","modified_gmt":"2020-05-05T21:57:34","slug":"trump-set-to-dismantle-the-coronavirus-task-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=13411","title":{"rendered":"Trump set to dismantle the coronavirus task force"},"content":{"rendered":"

White House plots breakup of coronavirus task force<\/span><\/p>\n

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The president is turning his attention toward reopening the economy, while health experts remain concerned about an ongoing rise in coronavirus cases.<\/h3>\n
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President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence. | Drew Angerer\/Getty Images<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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By GABBY ORR<\/span> and NANCY COOK
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The Trump White House is planning to wind down its coronavirus task force in the coming weeks and instead ask agencies to take control of the response efforts.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re having a conversation about that and about what the proper time is for the task force to complete its work,\u201d Vice President Mike Pence said at a briefing for reporters on Tuesday. At that point, he added, the work would be moved to agencies like the Federal Emergency Management Agency.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve already begun to talk about a transition plan with FEMA,\u201d Pence said.<\/p>\n

The undoing of the coronavirus task force comes as the president has turned his attention almost entirely toward reopening the economy as more than a dozen states allow people to slowly return to businesses like hair salons and restaurants. By the end of the week, Trump\u2019s top economic officials are expected to unveil new ideas for tax policy and regulatory changes to bolster the U.S. economy in the third and fourth quarters of the year \u2014 even as the death toll from the coronavirus continues to rise and the virus spreads to new areas of the country. Health officials remain concerned about an increase of cases in places like Chicago and Des Moines, Iowa.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe we can be in a very different place in late May or early June,\u201d Pence said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to start to look at the Memorial Day window to transition back to having our agencies manage our response in a more traditional manner.\u201d<\/p>\n

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CORONAVIRUS: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW<\/h4>\n

African Americans have been disproportionately hit by coronavirus, and a new study shows just how badly.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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