President Donald Trump urged Americans eight days ago to brace for the “toughest week” of the coronavirus pandemic – but for Trump himself, the week ahead may well be tougher. Business interests, economic advisers and Republican conservatives seek an end to the shutdown that has halted normal life and thrown 16 million Americans out of work; public health authorities warn that moving prematurely risks a second tsunami of infection with escalating loss of life and deeper economic damage. Mark McClellan, who ran the Food and Drug Administration under President George W.