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(continued as I accidently submitted my comment too early) Or is it simply about making it seem like things have returned to normal? "See business are reopenin

(continued as I accidently submitted my comment too early) Or is it simply about making it seem like things have returned to normal? "See business are reopening, schools are reopening, the world is back to the way it was".

lordleft 6y ago
I honestly don't know...it seems the majority of Americans are alive to the dangers of COVID and believe we aren't doing enough, and Trump's approval ratings are plummeting, so this doesn't make sense to me -- but his reaction doesn't have to be rational, it could be a desperate attempt to do exactly what you said, and cultivate the appearance of things being fine.
- UncleMeat 6y ago
  Trump just believes in stuff. It doesn’t need to make sense. “It’ll go away by Easter”. Trump probably believes that if we all just go back to normal that we will be fine and he will be a hero because that’s how his mind works. It doesn’t matter if it makes sense.
- pchristensen 6y ago
  "the majority of Americans are alive to the dangers of COVID and believe we aren't doing enough" Possibly a majority, but nowhere near all.
121789 6y ago
I think there are many interpretations that are all probably a little true Generous interpretation: if classes are primarily online, international students do not have a reason to reside in the US except for easier access to the labor market. With 20M Americans out of work, the administration is prioritizing citizens for first access to the labor market. Skeptical interpretation: This is another anti-immigrant change that uses COVID as a scapegoat for racist/nativist policy. I generally interpret most of the administration's moves as political gambles. Given current trends in deaths, they may be hoping that daily deaths are near zero with the country mostly opened back up by October. That seems like the only path to reelection given the current gap in approval ratings between the two candidates.
- kec 6y ago
  F-1 students don't have access to the labor market outside of OPT which is limited and subject to government approval.

lordleft 6y ago

I honestly don't know...it seems the majority of Americans are alive to the dangers of COVID and believe we aren't doing enough, and Trump's approval ratings are plummeting, so this doesn't make sense to me -- but his reaction doesn't have to be rational, it could be a desperate attempt to do exactly what you said, and cultivate the appearance of things being fine.

UncleMeat 6y ago
Trump just believes in stuff. It doesn’t need to make sense. “It’ll go away by Easter”. Trump probably believes that if we all just go back to normal that we will be fine and he will be a hero because that’s how his mind works. It doesn’t matter if it makes sense.
pchristensen 6y ago
"the majority of Americans are alive to the dangers of COVID and believe we aren't doing enough" Possibly a majority, but nowhere near all.

121789 6y ago

I think there are many interpretations that are all probably a little true Generous interpretation: if classes are primarily online, international students do not have a reason to reside in the US except for easier access to the labor market. With 20M Americans out of work, the administration is prioritizing citizens for first access to the labor market. Skeptical interpretation: This is another anti-immigrant change that uses COVID as a scapegoat for racist/nativist policy. I generally interpret most of the administration's moves as political gambles. Given current trends in deaths, they may be hoping that daily deaths are near zero with the country mostly opened back up by October. That seems like the only path to reelection given the current gap in approval ratings between the two candidates.

kec 6y ago
F-1 students don't have access to the labor market outside of OPT which is limited and subject to government approval.