Trump Calls Reopenings a ‘Beginning,’ Vows to Rebuild ‘Greatest’ Economy

President Trump opened a new phase of his election year crisis leadership on Tuesday, traveling to the battleground state of Arizona and vowing to rebuild an economy devastated by the coronavirus in the six months left before he faces voters’ judgment.

“We’re going to build the greatest economy in the world again,” Mr. Trump told reporters. “I did it once. We’re going to do it again, and that’s what we’re starting. I view these last couple of days as the beginning.”

On his first trip outside the Washington region in more than a month, Mr. Trump visited a Honeywell International plant in Phoenix, where repurposed employees were manufacturing N95 masks for health care workers and others on the front line of the COVID-19 pandemic. He thanked Honeywell employees for being part of “an incredible industrial mobilization” to fight the disease. . .

The president also met with leaders of American Indian tribes, whom candidates often overlook. He signed a proclamation calling attention to the problem of tribal women who were missing or killed, and he announced the release of $700 million in coronavirus relief funds for local tribal governments.

Mr. Trump made the trip while more states were easing restrictions and allowing some businesses to reopen. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, a Republican, has extended his stay-at-home order until May 15, but some companies reopened on a limited basis Monday. (Read more from “Trump Calls Reopenings a ‘Beginning,’ Vows to Rebuild ‘Greatest’ Economy” HERE)

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