WASHINGTON – Inviting the film “Mutiny on the Bounty”, President Trump suggested on Tuesday that the governor’s objections to lifting guidelines to fight coronavirus emphasize his claim of absolute authority.

Democratic and Republican governors sounded the alarm about a federal power grab the day after Trump’s vigorous demonstration, in which he said when and how to reopen the economy after weeks of tough social distancing guidelines. Meanwhile, Trump said he was recounting a fight with state officials – particularly in hard-hit states run by Democrats – who feared that Trump’s ambitious timetable would revive the virus Can cause.

Trump tweeted on Tuesday, “Too easy!”

Tell the Democrat Governors that “Mutiny On The Bounty” was one of my all time favorite movies. A good old fashioned mutiny every now and then is an exciting and invigorating thing to watch, especially when the mutineers need so much from the Captain. Too easy! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 14, 2020

Anxious To put the crisis behind him, Trump has been discussing with senior aides how to roll back federal social distance recommendations ending at the end of the month. But he repeatedly refused to offer nuances about the source of his vocal power, which he claimed was absolute, despite constitutional limitations.

“When someone is president of the United States, authority is total,” Trump said at the White House. “The governors knows that.”

But the governors on both parties made it clear that they have seen things differently, noting that they have the primary responsibility of ensuring public safety in their states and will decide when it is safe to start a return to normal operations.

“The president’s position is absurd right now,” Andrew Cuomo of the New York Democratic Government said in an appearance on “CBS Morning Morning” on Tuesday. “This is not the law. It is not a constitution. We do not have a king. We have a president. ”

Republican Gov. Chris Sununu of New Hampshire told CNN, “All these executive orders are state executive orders, and so it would be a lot for the state and governor to undo.”

While Trump has issued national recommendations advising people to stay indoors, it is the governor and local leaders who have imposed mandatory restrictions, including closing schools and closing unprofessional businesses. Some of those orders carry fines or other penalties, and in some jurisdictions they extend into the early summer.

Trump’s Monday comments came not long after Democratic leaders in the Northeast and the West Coast announced separate state compacts to resume orders to revert to their own time or reopen businesses Coordinate your efforts for.

In the Northeast, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Rhode Island agreed to coordinate their actions. And the governors of California, Oregon and Washington announced a similar treaty, saying they would work together and put the health of their residents first and let science guide their decisions.

While Trump can use his bullying pulpit, including his daily White House briefing and Twitter account, to try to intimidate states and governors pressuring them to bend as they wish, “there are real limits on the president and the federal government when it comes to domestic affairs,” said John Yoo, a University of California at Berkeley law school professor

Trump’s claim that he could force governors to reopen their states also represented a dramatic change in tone. For weeks, Trump had argued that it should lead to a response to the crisis, not the federal government. In fact, he publicly refused to ban home-stay states, citing their belief in local control of the government.

Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves, a supporter of Trump, said when there would be “a joint effort” between Washington and the states.

But Cuomo said that, if Trump ordered him to reopen New York’s economy before it was ready, he would refuse. Cuomo said on CNN’s “New Day”, “And we will have a constitutional challenge between the state and the federal government and it will go to the courts and it will be the worst possible at this time.”

Trump slaps Cuomo, accusing him of calling”daily, even hourly, even begging”. “I did all this for him, and everyone else, and now he wants freedom!” He tweeted. “It will not be!”

Democratic Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden tweeted that he is “not running for office to be America’s king” and that “the governors of this country – Democratic and Republican -” respect the huge job that this horrific circumstances would bring. Doing in ”

Although Trump gave up his goal of beginning to roll back social away guidelines by Easter, he has been itching to revive an economy that has contracted dramatically since the business took off , Causing millions of people to go out of work and are struggling to obtain basic goods. The closures have also dampened Trump’s reelection message, which hinges on a booming economy.