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Trump Contends He's Done 'Incredible Job' on Coronavirus

Ken Bredemeier

   WASHINGTON - Seven weeks ahead of the U.S. national elections,
   President Donald Trump is contending he has done an "incredible job"
   dealing with the coronavirus pandemic and minimizing the country's
   death toll.

   Trump, campaigning in Nevada on Saturday, stated U.S. is "rounding the
   corner" in dealing with the coronavirus, a notion disputed by the
   country's leading infectious disease expert, Anthony Fauci. At a
   political rally, Trump understated the country's world-leading death
   toll of nearly 194,000, saying it was "like, around 180,000."

   Even as about 35,000 new infections and 1,000 deaths a day are being
   recorded in the U.S., Trump wrote on Twitter Sunday, "Actually falling
   very steadily and fast. Deaths and hospitalizations way down, and even
   cases down despite far more Testing than any other country in the
   World, by far."

     Actually falling very steadily and fast. Deaths and hospitalizations
     way down, and even cases down despite far more Testing than any
     other country in the World, by far. India second!
     [1]https://t.co/dZQEh2F7Cf
     -- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) [2]September 13, 2020

   Trump aides were on the defensive on Sunday talk shows on why in early
   2020 he publicly downplayed the threat of the virus to Americans while
   he was warned privately by key intelligence aides of its significant
   danger, according to taped recordings of Trump recounted in journalist
   Bob Woodward's new book, "Rage", set for release this week.

References

   1. https://t.co/dZQEh2F7Cf
   2. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1305152163329368065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

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