Ledger · First term · № 137
'15 Days to Slow the Spread'
Late“[paraphrase] Fifteen days of avoiding gatherings of more than 10 people, discretionary travel, bars, restaurants and food courts.”
- Promised
- , White House briefing, issued as federal guidance
- Stated deadline
- “15 days” → March 31, 2020
- Re-promised
- 2 times with a fresh deadline
- Topic
- COVID-19
- Era
- First term
What happened
On March 29, 2020, with the fifteen days about to expire and after pushing to reopen by Easter, Trump extended the guidelines by another 30 days to April 30 — NPR's headline was 'How 15 Days Became 45.' The guidelines then lapsed into a phased 'Opening Up America Again' framework. The phrase became shorthand for a deadline that never ends.