Trump says U.S. won't shut down again if there's s
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BY MarketWatch
— 6:31 PM ET 05/21/2020
Speaking at Ford plant, president says country will 'put out the fires'
President Donald Trump says that the country will not shut down again if there's a second wave of COVID-19 in the coming months.
Trump spoke Thursday at a Ford Motor Co. (F) plant in Ypsilanti, Mich., which is now making ventilators.
Health officials have said that the risk of a second wave of the coronavirus is high, most likely when the normal flu season starts in late fall and early winter, again threatening to overwhelm the country's health-care system.
But Trump on Thursday expressed confidence that any flare-ups would be contained. "Whether it's an ember or a flame, we're going to put it out. But we're not closing our country," he said.