Each week, our country's response to the Navajo Coronavirus pandemic presents new questions.

Some of those questions are about the role of the president in a crisis, or the role of

governors and local leaders, or the role of the international organizations, or even the

role of Congress, and this particular week raised questions about all of those things.

President Trump early in the week said that he has total authority to order the reopening

of state's economies.

The authority of the president of the United States, having to do with the subject we're

talking about is total.

Though on a call with governors Thursday, Trump told them, you're going to call your own

shots.

And later, the administration released new guidance for local leaders to use in making decisions

about relaxing social distancing restrictions.

Those guidelines didn't lay out a specific timeline.

Also this week, the administration announced plans to freeze funding to the World Health

Organization, pending an investigation into their handling of the coronavirus crisis.

Today, I'm instructing my administration to halt funding of the World Health Organization

while a review is conducted.

And at a news conference midweek, Trump threatened to force Congress to adjourn so that he could

fill some vacant positions in his administration without Senate approval.

The Senate should either fulfill its duty and vote on minorities or it should formally

adjourn so that I can make recess appointments.

Together, these three moments illustrate a president's suggesting ways to exercise increased

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