Jonathan Bernstein, Columnist

Trump’s Recovery Plan Looks Like a Fantasy

With millions of Americans out of work, now is the time for forceful leadership from the White House. It isn’t happening.

April 30, 2020 at 11:42 AM UTC

By Jonathan Bernstein

Jonathan Bernstein is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering politics. A former professor of political science at the University of Texas at San Antonio, he wrote A Plain Blog About Politics.

Hope is not a strategy.
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With the economic fallout from the coronavirus likely to worsen in the months ahead, and Republicans in Congress apparently disinclined to take further bold action, now’s the time when decisive presidential action could really make a difference. Unfortunately, it’s increasingly clear that President Donald Trump is in over his head.