What's the row about?
What's the row about? On Monday, Mr Trump wrote on Twitter that deciding when to reopen states was "the decision of the president", not state governors, although he added that he would make his decision "in conjunction with governors". The US Constitution says that states maintain public order and safety. So far, it has been individual state governors who have issued lockdown or shelter-in-place orders. Also on Monday, several US state governors discussed plans to resume economic activity without apparent input from the Trump administration. Ten states - seven on the East Coast, led by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, and three on the West Coast, led by California Governor Gavin Newsom, said they would co-ordinate how to reopen businesses after the outbreak is contained. All but one of the states is led by a Democratic governor. Now, a row has erupted over who has the ultimate authority to lift lockdown orders.