Trump claims coronavirus is under control, death toll 'is what it is'
President Trump discussed the growing number of deaths in the U.S. caused by COVID-19 during a contentious Axios interview in which he brandished his own charts and argued the pandemic is “under control.”
Much as he did in a disastrous Fox News interview in July, Trump then attempted to support his positions with data, brandishing a number of printed charts. Swan said he was more concerned about the number of deaths as a proportion of population, where the U.S. is doing much worse than other developed countries. “You don’t know that,” Trump said.Story continues“I won’t get into that because I have a very good relationship with that country, but you don’t know that,” insisted Trump. “And they have spikes.”
“I don’t know John Lewis,” Trump said. “He chose not to come to my inauguration. I never met John Lewis, actually, I don’t believe.”“I find a lot of people impressive,” Trump said. “I find many people not impressive. But no, he didn’t come to my inauguration. He didn’t come to my State of the Union speeches, and that’s OK. That’s his right. And, again, nobody has done more for Black Americans than I have. He should’ve come. I think he made a big mistake.
During the interview, Trump also addressed the alleged bounties Russia paid to the Taliban to kill U.S. troops in Afghanistan, saying he didn’t bring it up during a conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin. “Mr. President, Ghislaine Maxwell has been arrested on allegations of child sex trafficking. Why would you wish such a person well…” Swan began asking before Trump cut him off. “She has. She’s been arrested for that,” Swan responded. “You know that.”
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