President Donald Trump on Tuesday made the first, comment on the country's most important milestone in the fight against the coronavirus, calling it a shame and lamenting the loss of 200,000 Americans who have died from the disease?
"It's a terrible thing," Trump
told reporters on the White House's South Lawn as he left for a meeting in
Pennsylvania. "It should never have happened."
"It's a shame," he added.
But later, while addressing a rally on the
Pennsylvania battlefield, Trump mocked his Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, for
wearing a facemask - recommended by his own administration. He said his
administration has done "A-Plus work". Global epidemic.
During the 90-minute remarks, Trump did
not mention the number of deaths from the virus but instead accused China of
allowing the epidemic to spread, promising that the vaccine would soon be
widely available to Americans. Will be He criticized the social distance
measures are taken by state officials as demanded by his own public health experts.
"You can't meet. You can't get
together. You can't see each other." They began to say. "You can't
give your wife ... Good night kiss, you have to wear a mask. You have
nothing."
As the nation moved to another dark level,
Trump looked at earlier predictions that if the death toll in the United States
reached close to 200,000, it would indicate that his administration had "a
lot." Well done. " ۔ "
"And so, if we can stop it, like
we're saying, 100,000 - that's a terrible number - maybe even less, but up to
100,000. So we have 100- and 200,000." ۔ " "In the meantime -
we've all done a great job together," Trump, said at the White House on
March 30.
Addressing those earlier estimates, Trump
said in the White House on Tuesday that "if you do it right, the actual the number will be closer to 200,000, if you do a good job and if people support
it." Of. “And if you don't fix it, you'll be fine. “Two million, two and a
half million."
In a brief follow-up with reporters on
South Lawn, Trump asked a questioner to take off his mask. When asked why he
didn't say the death toll, Trump rebuked him: "Go ahead. Is there anyone
else?"
Trance's visit came amid two more
political events related to the earthquake: the death of Republican President
Ruth Bader Ginsburg last week and the first presidential debate with Biden
since then to fill the void. The numbers are part of Trump's plan to move on. ,
Scheduled for Tuesday, September 29th.
Trump summed up the debate on the rally
stage, saying Biden had "been doing this all his life" and added,
"I've just started doing it."
Trump won Pennsylvania in 2016 with just
over 44,000 votes. The poll shows Biden with a slim margin: an average of 4
points in real electoral politics in the recent election. Addressing an outdoor
rally at Pittsburgh International Airport, Trump was making his fourth visit to
the main battlefield this month.
Biden said the trip should serve as a
reminder of the current economic situation under Trump's presidency.
"Four years ago, candidate Donald
Trump promised hardworking Pittsburgh people that he would bring jobs back to
the region," Biden said in a statement. "But since then, President
Trump has only brought the Pittsburgh economic crisis to his attention."
The president has tried to paint a picture
of normalcy from his meetings, but he has criticized local public health
officials.
Since the end of August, Trump has stepped
up his campaign after formally accepting the GOP's nomination at 10 other
rallies and other events. Most of these events have taken place abroad,
although the recent swing in the Southwest has been criticized’ for holding
some indoor events.
In these cases, his supporters rarely walk
the social distance or wear masks.
Trump has been at odds with members of his
administration in recent days over a vaccine timeline. Trump has said that
every American will have access to one vaccine by April, but health officials
have noted that no vaccine has been approved’ yet, and CDC officials predict
that next season. The vaccine will not be widely available in the summer or
until the fall.
"The fact that we are nowhere near
that number shows that there is evidence that immediate action has been taken
against the president," Kelly McKinney was quoted’ as saying earlier in
the day. More than 2 million viruses can be’ killed.
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