Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on this week’s broadcast of “Fox News Sunday” that the White House Coronavirus Task Force unanimously recommended against President Donald Trump’s idea to quarantine the tri-state area of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
Instead, the CDC issued a travel advisory concerning travel in and out of the greater New York area.
Mnuchin said, “The president did very seriously consider it. The task force met yesterday with the vice president. It was the unanimous decision — the recommendation of the task force to go forward with the advisory. The vice president, myself, Mark Meadows, and others met with the president yesterday afternoon, and he decided to go forward with the recommendation.”
He continued, “The president wanted to consider all the options. He has obviously concerned about what was going on with New York. He spoke to the task force, he spoke to the governors, and he was comfortable that people would take this advisory very seriously and would not travel.”
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