But the time for new orders comes after a particularly forceful month for the White House.
As states across the country began reopening amid the coronavirus pandemic, more than half of the country began to see an increase in infection rates in recent weeks, leading to more than a dozen states to stop or reverse its reopening process, as the country saw numerous records. daily cases reported. Meanwhile, the White House has given mixed messages about the outbreak, as it has tried to minimize the severity of the spikes.
The pandemic outbreaks developed in the context of sustained racial unrest following the George Floyd police murder in late May, with Trump fueling culture wars by belittling protesters and relying on “law and order,” defending named military bases. in honor of the Confederates, and promising to protect the statues that protesters have tried to tear down.
Also last month, the president’s first campaign rally since the pandemic began sparked negligible turnout, while poll after poll showed Trump following former Vice President Joe Biden, in some cases by an increasing margin.
Meadows wasted no opportunity to contrast Trump’s upcoming executive orders with Biden’s extensive political record, deploying an attack the campaign has used frequently.
“The interesting thing is that this president will do more in the next four weeks than Joe Biden and his team in the past 40 years,” he said. “So you just have to be vigilant.”
