Trump says he told Kemp: 'I totally disagree' with move to reopen Georgia

President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he'd informed Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia that he "strongly" disagreed with the governor's decision to begin reopening parts of the state as soon as Friday, a high-profile break from a Republican ally.

"I told the governor of Georgia, Brian Kemp, that I disagree strongly with his decision to open certain facilities," Trump said at a White House coronavirus task force press briefing, doling out praise for "strong, resolute" Georgia residents.

Kemp announced earlier this week that he would allow certain types of businesses - including hair and nail salons, barbershops, gyms, tattoo parlors and bowling alleys - to reopen beginning Friday, as long as businesses practiced certain mitigation efforts to a surge in coronavirus infections in the state.