‘Absurdity only the Trump administration can deliver’: Twitter ridicules Trump’s reopen the economy council

04/14/2020 5:45 pm ET • John See

Twitter ridicules Trump's picks to reopen the economy

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Economists? Health experts? Nah, but the president’s team to decide when to reopen the economy does include a bunch of his administration buddies.

Fox News reported on Monday evening that in addition to Javanka, the task force’s members are Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, Domestic Policy Advisor Larry Kudlow, and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer.

The White House later stated that Ivanka and Jared would not be on the task force, but Twitter didn’t try to sort out whether to believe Fox News or the Trump administration.

1. Let’s re-open Amity Beach, too

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There were comparisons to a famous movie Mayor that also made bad decisions.

pic.twitter.com/wC1BspoDoY

— Rob Sheridan, but from a safe distance (@rob_sheridan) April 13, 2020

2. Wrong answers only

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“Wrong answers only” is a social media game where someone people purposely give wrong answers…

Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner, Bob Lighthizer, Wilbur Ross, Larry Kudlow, Mark Meadows, Steven Mnuchin. https://t.co/hHN88w4cPh

— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) April 14, 2020

3. The crew of the Titanic

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Will this captain go down with his ship?

President Trump's new team to reopen America! pic.twitter.com/A3dRdOWoI1

— Carl Yackey (@cjyackey) April 14, 2020

4. No contest: Ivanka versus Cuomo

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo suspends student, medical debt during coronavirus crisis

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A fight made for pay-per-view.

Something tells me Governor Cuomo isn’t going to reopen New York State on Ivanka’s orders.

— Downtown Josh Brown (@ReformedBroker) April 14, 2020

5. This is going to be hard to watch

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Will anyone get a rose?

Guys, this new season of The Bachelorette looks really bad…😳🤦🏼‍♀️

Ivanka and Jared
Council to Re-Open America pic.twitter.com/jNyVXfGJHk

— Linda Childers (@lindarchilders) April 13, 2020

6. Seriously? Coronavirus is a job creator?

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Wilbur Ross could not have been any more wrong.

Ivanka and Jared on the Council to Re-Open America alongside bankruptcy king Wilbur Ross, who said the coronavirus would be great for American jobs, just before we lost more than 16 million of them in a matter of weeks, is the absurdity only the Trump administration can deliver.

— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) April 13, 2020

7. Mnuchin gives old people headaches

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Not an ounce of empathy could be squeezed from the entire lot.

In addition to Jared and Ivanka, Trump’s economic task force includes a guy who once foreclosed on a 90 year-old woman over 27 cents and another one who said the coronavirus would bring manufacturing jobs back to the U.S. https://t.co/CI0ivA8JaF

— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) April 13, 2020

8. Qualifications? We don’t need no stinkin’ qualifications.

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Not a doctor among them.

Ivanka and Jared, because when I need advice on the economy, I turn to the failed handbag-plagiarizing daughter who the president wants to quote-unquote "date," if that's what we're charitably calling it, and her overleveraged and underqualified idiot slumlord husband

— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) April 13, 2020

9. Who’s going to wake up Wilbur?

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…or maybe we should let him keep sleeping.

NEVER FEAR, WILBUR ROSS IS ON THE JOB, FOLKS! pic.twitter.com/yaWIHGf8wp

— Ellen Garrison (@EllenTrailerDog) April 13, 2020

10. Trade Rep Robert Lighthizer beams onto the team

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Someone has to take one for the team.

so i guess lighthizer is the redshirt on this away mission pic.twitter.com/IGbsi2FRB5

— 🔬godhatesyeast🔬 (@godhatesyeast) April 13, 2020

11. This team makes me sick

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Only Trump would choose this crew.

The quarantine house from hell pic.twitter.com/p99kkNOYTJ

— Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@MollyJongFast) April 13, 2020

‘Absurdity only the Trump administration can deliver’: Twitter ridicules Trump’s reopen the economy council

1. Let’s re-open Amity Beach, too

2. Wrong answers only

3. The crew of the Titanic

4. No contest: Ivanka versus Cuomo

5. This is going to be hard to watch

6. Seriously? Coronavirus is a job creator?

7. Mnuchin gives old people headaches

8. Qualifications? We don’t need no stinkin’ qualifications.

9. Who’s going to wake up Wilbur?

10. Trade Rep Robert Lighthizer beams onto the team

11. This team makes me sick

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