Sabqs Torres carries out a tray of foods during the lunch reopening of Eugene's Gulf Coast Cuisine on Friday, May 1, 2020 in Houston. The Houston restaurant community took a big step Friday as restaurants are allowed to reopen at 25 percent capacity. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP)

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Trying to reopen the economy in the time of coronavirus

With more Americans out of work than at any time since the Depression in the 1930s, Trump is eager to ease stay-at-home rules.

Eugene’s Gulf Coast Cuisine in Houston begins serving customers again on May 1. Houston restaurants were allowed to reopen at 25% capacity. (Brett Coomer / Houston Chronicle)

TOPSHOT - Protestors try to enter the Michigan House of Representative chamber and are being kept out by the Michigan State Police after the American Patriot Rally organized by Michigan United for Liberty protest for the reopening of businesses on the steps of the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing, Michigan on April 30, 2020. - The group is upset with Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's mandatory closure to curtail Covid-19. (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP) (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images)

Protesters trying to enter the Michigan House of Representative chamber face off with Michigan State Police officers at the Capitol in Lansing. (Jeff Kowalsky / AFP/Getty Images )

Armed protesters provide security as demonstrators take part in an "American Patriot Rally," organized on April 30, 2020, by Michigan United for Liberty on the steps of the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing, demanding the reopening of businesses. - Michigan's stay-at-home order declared by Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer is set to expire after May 15. (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP) (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images)

Armed protesters on the steps of the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing. (Jeff Kowalsky / AFP/Getty Images )

Demonstrators take part in an "American Patriot Rally," organized on April 30, 2020, by Michigan United for Liberty on the steps of the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing, demanding the reopening of businesses. - Michigan's stay-at-home order declared by Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer is set to expire after May 15. (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP) (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images)

Demonstrators at the Michigan Capitol in Lansing. (Jeff Kowalsky / AFP/Getty Images)

Denise Gavitt, left, and Lauren Matheson, right, attend to clients at Gavitt's salon, Beehive Salon, Friday, May 1, 2020, in Edmond, Okla., the first day hair salons have been allowed to reopen in Edmond following shutdowns due to coronavirus concerns. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Denise Gavitt, left, and Lauren Matheson attend to clients at Gavitt’s Beehive Salon in Edmond, Okla., the first day hair salons have been allowed to reopen. (Sue Ogrocki / Associated Press)

Waitress Fatima Hernandez, center, talks with Lulu Salcido, right, and Hamid Farzam at El Tiempo Cantina Friday, May 1, 2020, in Houston. The restaurant reopened their dining room for table service, with limited capacity. (David J. Phillip / Associated Press)

ATLANTA, GA - APRIL 27: Dan Krisman (left) and Mark Bartlett eat lunch on the patio of Roasters on April 27, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia. Roasters is open for dine-in service with social distancing and sanitation protocols in place like limiting capacity. Gov. Brian Kemp has allowed some non-essential businesses to start re-opening in Georgia amid the COVID-19 Pandemic. As of Monday, restaurants around Georgia are allowed to offer dine-in service. Non-essential businesses allowed to start reopening are restaurants, movie theaters, tattoo shops, salons, gyms and nail salons. (Photo by Jessica McGowan/Getty Images)

Dan Krisman, left, and Mark Bartlett eat lunch on the patio of Roasters in Atlanta. Roasters is open for dine-in service with social distancing. (Getty Images)

WICKENBURG, ARIZONA - MAY 01: Wickenburg police officers inform Debra Thompson, owner of the Horseshoe Cafe, that she is violating the state's stay-at-home order by allowing guests to dine-in on May 01, 2020 in Wickenburg, Arizona. Some businesses in the city have chosen to reopen despite Arizona Governor Doug Ducey recently extending the stay-at-home order through May 15. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

Wickenburg, Ariz., police officers inform Debra Thompson, owner of the Horseshoe Cafe, that she is violating the state’s stay-at-home order by allowing guests to dine in on May 1. (Christian Petersen / Getty Images)

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - APRIL 27: Customers are seen at Puckett's Grocery & Restaurant on April 27, 2020 in Franklin, Tennessee. Tennessee is one of the first states to reopen restaurants after the onset of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Restaurants are allowed to open at 50% capacity and maintain social distancing. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)

A restaurant in Franklin, Tenn., reopens on Monday. (Jason Kempin / Getty Images)

Protestors demonstrate against new safer-at-home orders during the End the Lockdown Now rally at the Colorado Capital in Denver, Colorado on April 26, 2020. - Stay-at-home orders have been in place throughout the US to protect against the spread of the novel coronavirus, and has led to a week of demonstrations across the country. (Photo by Jason Connolly / Agence France-Presse / AFP) (Photo by JASON CONNOLLY/Agence France-Presse/AFP via Getty Images)

People demonstrate against stay-at-home orders in Denver on Sunday. (Jason Connolly / AFP-Getty Images)

Natascha Updegrove, a stylist at Three-13 Salon, Spa and Boutique, cuts her client Karon Gilmore's hair on the first day that Georgia re-opened salons, spas, gyms and bowling alleys. (Jenny Jarvie / Los Angeles Times)

Natascha Updegrove, a stylist at Three-13 Salon, Spa and Boutique, cuts Karon Gilmore’s hair on the first day that Georgia reopened salons, spas, gyms and bowling alleys.
(Jenny Jarvie / Los Angeles Times)

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - APRIL 27: An employee wearing rubber gloves and a mask greets patrons at Puckett's Grocery & Restaurant on April 27, 2020 in Franklin, Tennessee. Tennessee is one of the first states to reopen restaurants after the onset of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Restaurants are allowed to open at 50% capacity and maintain social distancing. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)

An employee wearing gloves and a mask greets patrons at a restaurant in Franklin, Tenn., on Monday. (Jason Kempin / Getty Images)

Zenas Stalworth, one of two people at the gym, lifts weight at Fitness 19 in Lilburn, Georgia on April 24, 2020. - Georgia Governor Brian Kemp eased restrictions allowing some businesses such as barber shops to reopen to get Georgia's economy going during the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Tami Chappell / AFP) (Photo by TAMI CHAPPELL/AFP via Getty Images)

Zenas Stalworth works out at a gym in Lilburn, Ga., on Friday. He was one of just two people in the gym. (Tami Chappell / AFP-Getty Images )

Bar tender Jake Glazier, right serves his customers at an open roadside bar in Atlanta, Georgia.

Bartender Jake Glazier serves customers at a roadside bar in Atlanta. (Chandan Khanna / AFP-Getty Images)

Carter Vu, owner of an Atlanta hair salon bearing his name, checks the hair color treatment on Ann Walsh on April 24, 2020, the first day such businesses were allowed to open in Georgia.

Carter Vu is back in business at his Atlanta salon. (Michael Mathes / AFP-Getty Images )

People hold signs during a protest against the coronavirus shutdown in front of the State Capitol in Madison, Wisconsin, on April 24, 2020. - Gyms, hair salons and tattoo parlors had a green light to reopen in the US state of Georgia on Friday as the death toll from the coronavirus pandemic soared past 50,000 in the US. (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP) (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Protesters in Madison, Wis. (Kamil Krzaczynski / AFP-Getty Images)

Surin Nguyen, wearing protection gear, works on the nails of a customer at Allure Nail Bar in Atlanta, Georgia on April 24, 2020. - Governor Brian Kemp has eased restrictions allowing some businesses such as hair and nail salons to reopen today in the US state of Georgia after a four-week lockdown to stop the spread of the coronavirus. (Photo by Tami Chappell / AFP) (Photo by TAMI CHAPPELL/AFP via Getty Images)

Surin Nguyen works on the nails of a customer at a reopened salon in Atlanta. (Tami Chappell / AFP-Getty Images)

A customer gets her eyebrows waxed at Three-13 Salon, Spa & Boutique on Friday, April 24, 2020, in Marietta, Georgia. The salon had been closed for more than a month due to the new coronavirus. Barber shops, nail salons, gyms and a few other businesses reopened in Georgia on Friday as the Republican governor eased a month-long shutdown despite warnings from health experts of a potential new surge of coronavirus infections. (AP Photo/Ron Harris)

A salon in Marietta, Ga. (Ron Harris / Associated Press)

Employees and customers walk in to Three-13 Salon, Spa & Boutique on Friday, April 24, 2020, in Marietta, Ga. The salon had been closed for more than a month due to the new coronavirus. Barber shops, nail salons, gyms and a few other businesses reopened in Georgia on Friday as the Republican governor eased a month-long shutdown despite warnings from health experts of a potential new surge of coronavirus infections.(AP Photo/Ron Harris)

Reopening day at a Marietta, Ga., salon. (Ron Harris / Associated Press)

People hold signs while others carry weapons during a protest against the coronavirus shutdown in front of State Capitol in Madison, Wisconsin, on April 24, 2020. - Gyms, hair salons and tattoo parlors had a green light to reopen in the US state of Georgia on Friday as the death toll from the coronavirus pandemic soared past 50,000 in the US. (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP) (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

In Wisconsin, protesters opposed to the coronavirus shutdown demonstrate outside the Capitol in Madison. (Kamil Krzaczynski / AFP-Getty Images )

IN FLIGHT - APRIL 20: Passengers are seen in a cabin mid-flight on a Baltimore, Maryland bound Delta flight from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on April 20, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia. The airline industry has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, forcing the cancellation and consolidation of flights across the globe. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)

A flight from Atlanta to Baltimore. (Rob Carr / Getty Images)