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Trump Vows to Restore US Economy Battered by COVID

Ken Bredemeier

   WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump declared Tuesday he would
   restore the U.S. economy devastated by the coronavirus pandemic.

   "Two months ago, we had the greatest economy in the world," Trump said.
   "We're going to do it again. And it's going to happen pretty fast."

   He said some Americans "are going back to work, safely. We're opening
   up our country again. The whole world is excited watching us because
   we're leading the world."

   At the moment, however, the U.S. has totaled more than 69,000
   coronavirus deaths, substantially more than any other country, with a
   projected total of more than 134,000 deaths by early August. More than
   30 million U.S. workers have been furloughed from their jobs, with the
   list of the unemployed growing by millions a week over the last month
   and a half.

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