POTUS: "We have to get back to work. We have to open our country again."

Developing a sense of urgency big time. Sets benchmark that worst week will be this coming week. A much more defiant tone today. My read is you should dismiss the advocacy of Birx & Fauci at this point.

This week, his patience progressively thinned out, with Fauci first and foremost, and now Birx. He seems to fully conclude the public health people have very limited understanding of how to manage our vast nation. Looks like he's taking the reins back. Big win for team sanity.

He keeps going off script to remind people "we have to get back to work." It's obvious, that he's locked in on mapping out a plan to reopen the country.

His defiance on HCQ shows that Fauci — who has expressed hostility to HCQ — is not doing much for him. And he picked up on the fact Birx's models continue to be incorrect. Pushes private sector solutions to problems. Seems to be chatting w lots of outside advisers. All good stuff

Makes it clear that he was advised to lockdown, "but we have to open it. We have to open our country."