<a href=”https://www.cnn.com/election/2020/candidate/trump” target=”_blank”>President Donald Trump</a> warned of a “painful” and “tough” two-week stretch ahead as he extended nationwide distancing measures that — even if followed closely — could still mean more than 100,000 and up to 240,000 Americans die from <a href=”https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-03-31-20/index.html” target=”_blank”>coronavirus</a>.

It was a stark message from a