Ledger · First term · № 140
'I would love to have the country opened up by Easter'
Broken“I would love to have it open by Easter... You'll have packed churches all over our country. I think it'll be a beautiful time.”
- Promised
- , Fox News virtual town hall from the White House Rose Garden
- Stated deadline
- “by Easter (April 12, 2020)” → April 12, 2020
- Overdue by
- 6 years, 5 months as of September 22, 2026
- Re-promised
- 2 times with a fresh deadline
- Topic
- COVID-19
- Era
- First term
What happened
Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Deborah Birx pushed back hard. Five days later, on March 29, 2020, Trump abandoned the Easter target and extended social distancing guidelines to April 30. Easter Sunday 2020 fell in one of the deadliest stretches of the first wave and churches held services online or in parking lots.