Mitt Romney is the only Senate Republican not invited to join Trump’s economic reopening task force: report – Raw Story

President Trump is trying to assemble another group tasked with advising him on reopening the economy, and this time he’s turning to members of Congress, POLITICO reports. ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/04/mitt-romney-is-the-only-senate-republican-not-invited-to-join-trumps-economic-reopening-task-force-report/

Surprise: Trump’s “Opening Our Country Council” Is Already A Total Mess | Vanity Fair

Until Donald Trump read their names out loud in the Rose Garden of the White House this week, leaders from several high-profile corporations had no idea they’d been tapped to help advise the president to restart the nation’s coronavirus-ravaged economy. “We got a note about a conference call, like you’d get an invite to a Zoom thing, a few lines in an email, and that was it. Then our CEO heard his name in the Rose Garden,” a lobbyist for one of the blindsided companies told the Washington Post Wednesday. “What the [expletive]? How do you go from ‘Join us on a call’ to, ‘Well, you’re on the team?’”
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/04/trump-opening-our-country-council-already-a-total-mess

Trump gets slapped down by constitutional experts after claiming his 'authority is total'

Monday was a disastrous day in Donald Trump’s coronavirus response, even by Trump’s disastrous standards. He ran a campaign ad during a coronavirus press briefing, leading MSNBC and CNN to cut away. His “Opening Our Country Council” promised to be a slap in the face to public health concerns—but his White House couldn’t even competently execute this terrible plan, whiffing the rollout by not being ready to name a roster of suck-ups or explain what the group would do beyond backing a plan to kill more Americans by reopening things too early. ....
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/4/14/1937111/-Trump-gets-slapped-down-by-constitutional-experts-after-claiming-his-authority-is-total