WASHINGTON — President Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner will serve as members of a second coronavirus task force focused on reopening the economy, according to a new report.
The Council to Reopen America, first announced by President Trump last week, will focus on getting Americans back to work amid the pandemic and is a smaller alternative to the coronavirus task force headed by Vice President Mike Pence, he said.
New chief of staff Mark Meadows will lead the council while White House senior advisers Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner will also serve as members, Fox reported on Monday.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow and United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer have also been tapped, according to the report.
It’s unclear if the list of names is accurate or final, with Trump not expected to announce the council’s membership until Tuesday.
“We’re going to have the great business leaders, great doctors. We’re going to have a great group of people,” Trump told reporters at the White House coronavirus task force briefing on Friday.
“I want to get the country open as soon as possible. This country was meant to be open and vibrant and great, not where people are staying in,” he said.
