"I don't know that I've had a bigger decision. But I'm going to surround myself with the greatest minds. Not only the greatest minds, but the greatest minds in numerous different businesses, including the business of politics and reason," Trump told reporters.

"And we're going to make a decision, and hopefully it's going to be the right decision," he added. "I will say this. I want to get it open as soon as we can."

Meanwhile, as much of the nation continues to 'shelter in place' and socially distance, Trump has come under pressure from those who argue that the virus isn't as terrible as originally advertised, and that the death toll and societal costs of a second great depression would far outweigh the impact of reopening the economy and letting the virus - which mostly kills older people (yet leaves many survivors in bad condition) - run its course.

On the other hand, Trump is being advised by a cadre of establishment experts ("the greatest minds") that reopening the economy would have devastating effects; overwhelming hospitals and placing the nation in an unprecedented health crisis.