A suggestion:

What if Trump is just thrashing around wildly, having become totally overwhelmed by a crisis that's well beyond his limited capacities, and has no idea *what* argument to make for reelection under such dire and unforeseen circumstances? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/22/trumps-latest-campaign-stunt-is-bust-stop-granting-him-magical-powers/

Trump's propagandists are pushing the idiotic idea that restrictions are about *deliberately* keeping the economy down.

That's white noise to all but the hard-core base.

Big majorities grasp the complexities here. That's why the govs are so popular:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/22/trumps-latest-campaign-stunt-is-bust-stop-granting-him-magical-powers/

It was a key tell when Trump demanded credit for the governors' popularity.

He's incapable of grasping that someone else's approach might be better & more popular than his own. They can only be succeeding because they're basking in his reflected glory:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/22/trumps-latest-campaign-stunt-is-bust-stop-granting-him-magical-powers/