News Trump acknowledges U.S. ‘may be’ headed for recession, says Americans could be hunkered down until summer March 16, 2020March 16, 2020 Nicholas Wu, Maureen Groppe and Ledyard King, USA TODAY Comments Off on Trump acknowledges U.S. ‘may be’ headed for recession, says Americans could be hunkered down until summer President Trump said Americans could be hunkered down and practicing social distancing at least until July or August because of the coronavirus.