Originally Posted by
metswon69
I think its a combination of things. Trump is probably getting tired of repeating much of the same thing day after day. Not much changes on this front. Thousands are dying, they still have no idea when to open the economy and he probably doesn't want to take sides in when states open because he might be held accountable if he sticks with his side to "open everything up". There are no imminent vaccines and he knows unless its Fox news, the media is going to pick apart whatever he says.
He's good for a couple of dumb sound bytes a week regardless but this allows him to stop thinking out loud like he did with the "sarcastic" disinfectant statement. I am sure that idea comes from his re-election campaign as well. The less talking the president does about this, the better.