‘Our Country Wasn’t Built to Be Shut Down,’ Trump Tells Americans

President Donald Trump with (from L) Vice President Mike Pence, Attorney General William Barr, response coordinator for White House Coronavirus Task Force Deborah Birx, and Rear Admiral John Polowczyk, speaking during the daily briefing on the CCP virus at the White House in Washington on March 23, 2020. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

President Donald Trump on Monday reassured Americans that life would eventually return to normal, in remarks at a press conference amid the COVID-19 pandemic that has threatened the livelihoods of Americans across the country.

More than a dozen U.S. states have issued “stay at home” orders in efforts to curb the spread of the highly infectious and potentially deadly respiratory disease.