1/ Trump demanded that Supreme Court Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg recuse themselves from “all Trump, or Trump-related� cases. On Twitter, Trump accused Sotomayor of trying to “shame� other justices into “voting her way� after she issued a dissent last week that the court has been too quick to grant “emergency� relief to the federal government. Sotomayor’s dissent came following the court’s majority allowing the Trump administration to proceed with a plan to deny green cards to immigrants who are deemed likely to become a “public charge.� Trump also tweeted that Sotomayor “never criticized Justice Ginsberg when she called me a ‘faker’� –  referring to Ginsberg’s July 2016 criticism that she could not imagine then-candidate Trump as president. (New York Times / Washington Post / NPR / CNN / CNBC / Politico / The Guardian)

2/ Trump suggested that the coronavirus is “going to go away.� Trump attempted to downplay the risk, saying the virus is “very well under control in our country […] We think they’ll be in very good shape very, very soon.� Larry Kudlow, director of the National Economic Council, added that “we have contained this� and that “people should be as calm as possible.� Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, meanwhile, called Trump “asleep at the wheel� as the virus has spread to Europe and the Middle East. Among White House policy aides, there’s concern that the spread of the coronavirus will slow down both the U.S. and Chinese economies as it hits multiple industries, including manufacturers, airlines, automakers, and tech companies. (Bloomberg / CNN / Politics /