Trump calls coronavirus a ‘foreign virus’ in Oval Office address
4 years, 10 months ago

Trump calls coronavirus a ‘foreign virus’ in Oval Office address

CNN  

Washington CNN — President Donald Trump referred to the novel coronavirus as a “foreign virus” in his Oval Office address on Wednesday night. “I am confident that by counting and continuing to take these tough measures we will significantly reduce the threat to our citizens and we will ultimately and expeditiously defeat this virus.” The rare Oval Office address to the nation by Trump came as his administration has faced harsh criticism for his response to the pandemic. The outbreak has not just sparked fear and anxiety in countries like the US and the UK – it has The President’s reference to the virus as “foreign” echoes a tweet he shared earlier this week promoting a US southern-border wall as a way to protect Americans from the “China Virus.” Trump, adding his own comment to the tweet, said, “Going up fast. We need the Wall more than ever!” The post was met with fierce pushback from critics, including Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden, who tweeted, “A wall won’t stop a virus.

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Coronavirus is no longer a top issue for Americans. That’s good news for Republicans
2 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus is no longer a top issue for Americans. That’s good news for Republicans

CNN  

CNN — This week was more of a normal week for news – something we haven’t had in a long time. The fact that the coronavirus pandemic, now in its third year, is no longer a top news story is where we begin this week’s statistical journey. Americans may be losing interest in Russian invasion of Ukraine Unlike the coronavirus …

‘They underestimated this virus.’ Omicron cuts through U.S. defenses despite Biden’s efforts
3 years ago

‘They underestimated this virus.’ Omicron cuts through U.S. defenses despite Biden’s efforts

LA Times  

President Biden plans to speak about the COVID-19 pandemic on Thursday as he faces rising criticism during the Omicron wave. “The big tragedy here is that we came through last winter and even the summer, and never did the work to address the structural issues that are putting us back in the situation that we’re in right now,” said Dr. …

Biden's major COVID speech on Tuesday will NOT be about 'locking the country down'
3 years ago

Biden's major COVID speech on Tuesday will NOT be about 'locking the country down'

Daily Mail  

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said that President Biden's planned Tuesday address is 'not a speech about locking the country down,' but will focus on a drive for vaccinations. Psaki said that Biden on Tuesday will 'absolutely' address frustrations Americans feel about a lack of testing availability across the country Cars wait in line at a COVID-19 drive-through testing …

Column: Biden’s new inquiry into COVID-19’s origins strikes a blow for open-mindedness
3 years, 7 months ago

Column: Biden’s new inquiry into COVID-19’s origins strikes a blow for open-mindedness

LA Times  

Chinese President Xi Jinping talks with patients and medical workers at a hospital in Wuhan, the first place hit hard by the novel coronavirus of unknown origins. It wasn’t so much what he did — ordering U.S. intelligence agencies to take a new look at the origins of COVID-19, including whether the coronavirus that causes the disease escaped accidentally from …

Coronavirus | Joe Biden orders probe into virus origins
3 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus | Joe Biden orders probe into virus origins

The Hindu  

U.S. President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday that he has asked American intelligence agencies to “redouble” their efforts to analyse the origins of COVID-19, to determine whether it emerged from human-animal contact or via a laboratory accident. Mr. Biden said he had reviewed a report on the origins of the virus, authored by his National Security Adviser and intelligence officials …

President Joe Biden has started work on his next big battle — stopping the coronavirus pandemic
3 years, 11 months ago

President Joe Biden has started work on his next big battle — stopping the coronavirus pandemic

ABC  

Joe Biden has taken office as President of the United States a year after the pandemic first came to the country's shores. While the Trump administration's "Operation Warp Speed" honed federal ambition on developing a vaccine, Biden knows there's more to disease control than inoculation. As a result, the early rollout of the vaccine was what Biden called a "dismal …

Transition: Biden’s team finds culture of coronavirus denial throughout Trump’s federal government
3 years, 11 months ago

Transition: Biden’s team finds culture of coronavirus denial throughout Trump’s federal government

CNN  

CNN — Joe Biden’s transition team found a culture of coronavirus skepticism within Donald Trump’s federal government as they prepared to take office, sources close to the Biden transition told CNN, with political appointees loyal to the President reflecting his dismissiveness of public health guidelines and sometimes mocking career employees for wearing masks. The Biden transition was subject to some …

‘He's Going To Be More Unleashed And Unhinged Than Ever’
4 years ago

‘He's Going To Be More Unleashed And Unhinged Than Ever’

Huff Post  

President Donald Trump had been laying the groundwork for the insurrection at the Capitol for years, according to historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat, who says this "cultivation" of far-right extremists has been "entwined with this victim cult." BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images This week a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to overturn the results …

Biden details plan to combat coronavirus pandemic in first 100 days
4 years, 1 month ago

Biden details plan to combat coronavirus pandemic in first 100 days

CNN  

Washington CNN — President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday laid out his three-point plan to combat the coronavirus pandemic, an approach in dealing with the virus that continues to contrast with President Donald Trump. The plan, announced as he introduced the team he has designed to get the pandemic under control, would aim to distribute 100 million vaccine shots in his …

US seeing unprecedented coronavirus spread, White House says
4 years, 1 month ago

US seeing unprecedented coronavirus spread, White House says

CNN  

CNN — The United States is seeing the fastest spread yet of the coronavirus, the White House Coronavirus Task Force said in its first public briefing in four months on Thursday. Birx also said “decreasing those friend and family gatherings where people come together and unknowingly spread the virus,” will help slow the spread. “Today there’s extensive data we have …

White House Urges Vigilance On Coronavirus But Rejects Lockdowns As Solution
4 years, 1 month ago

White House Urges Vigilance On Coronavirus But Rejects Lockdowns As Solution

NPR  

White House Urges Vigilance On Coronavirus But Rejects Lockdowns As Solution Enlarge this image toggle caption Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images The White House Coronavirus Task Force and President-elect Joe Biden separately gave updates on the worsening COVID-19 pandemic and how their teams were working to defeat it as health officials on Thursday warned against holiday travel to limit …

Anderson Cooper spotlights coronavirus with poignant opening as cases surge across US
4 years, 2 months ago

Anderson Cooper spotlights coronavirus with poignant opening as cases surge across US

CNN  

New York CNN Business — A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. Cooper showed viewers a graph illustrating coronavirus cases “heading nearly straight up.” He commented, “I can’t spend another second concerned about what a grown man who lost fair and square is not ready to accept. “It’s hard to overstate how much the U.S. …

Donald Trump’s stunning abdication of leadership comes as coronavirus pandemic worsens
4 years, 2 months ago

Donald Trump’s stunning abdication of leadership comes as coronavirus pandemic worsens

CNN  

CNN — President Donald Trump had predicted in almost every campaign rally that the media would stop talking about the coronavirus pandemic the day after the election. Before the election, White House chief of staff Mark Meadows had signaled the way ahead by claiming on CNN’s “State of the Union” that the pandemic could not be controlled. Vice President Mike …

How Biden plans to change the US Covid-19 pandemic response
4 years, 2 months ago

How Biden plans to change the US Covid-19 pandemic response

CNN  

CNN — President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris say they will move the US Covid-19 pandemic response in a dramatically different direction. “I want everyone to know on day one, we’re going to put our plan to control this virus into action.” There were dauntingly high new case numbers last week, and by the time Biden takes office …

COVID-19, Unemployment: Factors Riding Against Trump’s Re-Election
4 years, 2 months ago

COVID-19, Unemployment: Factors Riding Against Trump’s Re-Election

The Quint  

Trump, who recently contracted and then recovered from COVID himself, has been roundly criticised for his handling of the pandemic, not just by his opponents but also voters, a majority of whom say that he handled the crisis poorly, according to AFP. Biden has cited Trump’s mishandling of the coronavirus as the primary reason for him not being worthy of …

‘Enough Of The Lies’: Joe Biden Is Done With Donald Trump’s COVID-19 BS In New Ad
4 years, 2 months ago

‘Enough Of The Lies’: Joe Biden Is Done With Donald Trump’s COVID-19 BS In New Ad

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING President Donald Trump’s monthslong lies about the coronavirus pandemic are the focus of a new ad from Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s campaign. The 51-second clip begins with footage of Trump in January claiming COVID-19 will simply “disappear.” Subsequent footage shows Trump repeatedly downplaying the threat of the virus, while acknowledging its danger in private. The United States …

Biden accuses Trump of raising the ‘white flag’ on pandemic after White House says US won’t ‘control’ coronavirus
4 years, 2 months ago

Biden accuses Trump of raising the ‘white flag’ on pandemic after White House says US won’t ‘control’ coronavirus

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Democratic presidential candidate Joe …

Obama slams Trump over coronavirus: ‘He’s jealous of Covid’s media coverage’
4 years, 2 months ago

Obama slams Trump over coronavirus: ‘He’s jealous of Covid’s media coverage’

CNN  

Washington CNN — Former President Barack Obama on Tuesday harshly criticized President Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic and faulted him for turning the White House into a “hot zone.” “More than 225,000 people in this country are dead. Florida, we can’t afford four more years of this.” He added, “We cannot afford this kind of incompetence and disinterest.” …

Covid-19 Vaccine Ready & Coming Within Weeks: Trump at Final Presidential Debate with Biden
4 years, 2 months ago

Covid-19 Vaccine Ready & Coming Within Weeks: Trump at Final Presidential Debate with Biden

News 18  

US President Donald Trump on Thursday said that a COVID-19 vaccine is “ready” and going to be announced “within weeks” to combat the deadly disease that has killed over 223,000 Americans, as he debated with his Democratic challenger Joe Biden for the final time before the presidential election. It’s going to be announced within weeks and it’s going to be …

COVID-19 vaccine ready, coming within weeks: Trump at final presidential debate with Biden
4 years, 2 months ago

COVID-19 vaccine ready, coming within weeks: Trump at final presidential debate with Biden

India TV News  

US President Donald Trump on Thursday said that a COVID-19 vaccine is "ready" and going to be announced "within weeks" to combat the deadly disease that has killed over 223,000 Americans, as he debated with his Democratic challenger Joe Biden for the final time before the presidential election. The coronavirus dominated the opening minutes of the Trump-Biden face-off in Nashville …

New coronavirus surge in the US: What you need to know
4 years, 2 months ago

New coronavirus surge in the US: What you need to know

Al Jazeera  

Several states report spike in hospitalisations and jumps in new cases, raising concerns of a ‘third wave’. “Things are starting to move in a concerning direction,” Justin Lessler, associate professor of epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, told Al Jazeera. Learn more: https://t.co/1nMYQAjpSq pic.twitter.com/iObgUYrTeE — CDC October 21, 2020 Amesh Adalja, senior scholar at Johns Hopkins …

Biden Has 1-Word Response To Trump's Insult That He'll 'Listen To The Scientists'
4 years, 2 months ago

Biden Has 1-Word Response To Trump's Insult That He'll 'Listen To The Scientists'

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Former Vice President Joe Biden on Monday shot back at President Donald Trump’s scornful take on how he’d approach the COVID-19 pandemic if elected president. In a blistering speech, the president said his Democratic opponent would “surrender your future to the virus.” “He’s going to lock down,” Trump told a crowd of about 5,000 supporters, most of …

In election’s homestretch, coronavirus surge underscores candidates’ contrasts
4 years, 2 months ago

In election’s homestretch, coronavirus surge underscores candidates’ contrasts

LA Times  

In the homestretch of the presidential campaign, with the U.S. coronavirus caseload trending ominously upward, the rival campaigns of President Trump and Joe Biden more than ever are providing a clash of contrasts on how to contain COVID-19 and tend to the virus-battered economy. He claimed on “Fox News Sunday,” against evidence to the contrary, that Trump was “frequently” around …

Donald Trump's reckless personal conduct after coronavirus infection unconscionable: Joe Biden
4 years, 3 months ago

Donald Trump's reckless personal conduct after coronavirus infection unconscionable: Joe Biden

India Today  

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said on Friday that US President Donald Trump "reckless" personal conduct since his Covid-19 diagnosis is "unconscionable". The longer Donald Trump is president, the more reckless he gets," Biden said while addressing a campaign rally in Las Vegas, Nevada on Friday. While President Trump stands for law and order, economic opportunity, and a strong military, …

US President Donald Trump Says Getting Covid-19 Was a 'Blessing From God'
4 years, 3 months ago

US President Donald Trump Says Getting Covid-19 Was a 'Blessing From God'

News 18  

President Donald Trump, still confined to the White House where he is being treated for COVID-called it a “blessing from God” that he got coronavirus, a disease that has killed over 211,000 Americans this year. “I think this was a blessing from God that I caught it,” the president said of COVID-19 in a video message outside the White House …

Donald Trump fears coronavirus: Urgency US president showed in seeking treatment puts paid to lies about pandemic
4 years, 3 months ago

Donald Trump fears coronavirus: Urgency US president showed in seeking treatment puts paid to lies about pandemic

Firstpost  

The facts of Trump’s experience with coronavirus, including how how quickly it sickened him to the point of requiring intensive medical care, are the best tools to fight the misinformation campaign against COVID-19 Something momentous happened late last week, a brief pinprick of clarity piercing through the haze: President Donald Trump finally showed Americans the truth about the coronavirus. But …

Donald Trump Still Doesn't Care If You Die From The Coronavirus
4 years, 3 months ago

Donald Trump Still Doesn't Care If You Die From The Coronavirus

Huff Post  

“Every single person in the vehicle during that completely unnecessary Presidential ‘drive-by’ just now has to be quarantined for 14 days. Even before Trump became one of the more than 7.4 million Americans who have caught the coronavirus, he made clear he really didn’t care at all about what people were going through. Of the 13 hours Trump spent talking …

Trump Coronavirus Update: The Latest On The President's Health And The GOP COVID-19 Outbreak
4 years, 3 months ago

Trump Coronavirus Update: The Latest On The President's Health And The GOP COVID-19 Outbreak

Huff Post  

Christie was one of several people who helped the president prepare for his first debate against Democratic challenger Joe Biden. Barrett’s nomination event at the White House Rose Garden less than two weeks ago has come under scrutiny after multiple guests — including President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump and two Republican senators — later tested positive for coronavirus. …

Joe Biden slams Donald Trump for downplaying COVID-19 soon after returning to White House from hospital
4 years, 3 months ago

Joe Biden slams Donald Trump for downplaying COVID-19 soon after returning to White House from hospital

Firstpost  

The US president told Americans ’to get out there’ and not fear COVID-19 as he returned from the Walter Reed National Medical Centre for COVID-19 treatment Miami: Democratic White House hopeful Joe Biden on Monday castigated Donald Trump for saying Americans should not be afraid of COVID-19 or let it “dominate your life,” even after the president tested positive for …

Coronavirus | Donald Trump, likely still contagious, back at White House
4 years, 3 months ago

Coronavirus | Donald Trump, likely still contagious, back at White House

The Hindu  

Just three nights after he was hospitalized for COVID-19, U.S. President Donald Trump, who likely is still contagious with COVID-19, left the hospital and returned to the White House. As the national death toll from the virus reached 210,000, Mr. Trump told Americans not to be “afraid” of COVID and let it “dominate” their lives. In addition to First Lady …

John Oliver slams White House for ‘terribly’ mishandling Trump’s COVID diagnosis
4 years, 3 months ago

John Oliver slams White House for ‘terribly’ mishandling Trump’s COVID diagnosis

LA Times  

John Oliver had quite a week to recap Sunday on “Last Week Tonight.” During the latest episode of his weekend late-night program, the Emmy winner responded to what he called “shocking and utterly inevitable” news that President Trump, First Lady Melania Trump and several other White House figures had tested positive for COVID-19. “Obviously, the president having the coronavirus is …

Analysis: The Trump presidency is now the coronavirus presidency
4 years, 3 months ago

Analysis: The Trump presidency is now the coronavirus presidency

Al Jazeera  

The virus is likely to determine Trump’s political fate, despite his efforts to avoid just that. For better or for worse, and despite US President Donald Trump’s efforts, coronavirus and Trump are forever entwined: It has defined his presidency and may likely decide his political fate. He bulldozed his way through a widely-panned first presidential debate with Biden last week, …

Coronavirus | Ignoring concerns, Donald Trump takes a car ride
4 years, 3 months ago

Coronavirus | Ignoring concerns, Donald Trump takes a car ride

The Hindu  

Infected and contagious, President Donald Trump briefly ventured out in a motorcade on Sunday to salute cheering supporters, a move that disregarded precautions meant to contain the deadly virus that has forced his hospitalisation and killed more than 2,09,000 Americans. The move capped a weekend of contradictions that fuelled confusion about Mr. Trump’s health, which has imperilled the leadership of …

Fox News' Greg Gutfeld: Trump Got The Coronavirus For America
4 years, 3 months ago

Fox News' Greg Gutfeld: Trump Got The Coronavirus For America

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING In one of the more mystifying reactions to President Donald Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis, Fox News host Greg Gutfeld suggested Friday that the president didn’t protect himself from the disease because “he didn’t want America to hide from the virus.” Gutfeld’s comments came as the White House announced Trump was being transported to Walter Reed National Military Medical …

Timeline: President Trump’s comments on the coronavirus
4 years, 3 months ago

Timeline: President Trump’s comments on the coronavirus

Al Jazeera  

In briefings, interviews and rallies, Trump has repeatedly claimed the virus is ‘under control and will ‘go away’ President Donald Trump has sought to minimise the risks of the coronavirus since it first emerged and has contradicted US public health experts as he pushed to reopen the US economy. April 23: Trump suggests ‘injection’ of disinfectant could kill virus “I …

October surprise: Trump in quarantine
4 years, 3 months ago

October surprise: Trump in quarantine

Live Mint  

It has been called a great leveller before, and so it’s turning out to be, in a perverse way, now that the world’s most powerful person has contracted coronavirus. On Friday, news broke that US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania had tested covid positive and would be in quarantine. Beyond the irony of the president’s mockery of his …

Trump has coronavirus: Celebrities react to the news and criticise president for 'science denial'
4 years, 3 months ago

Trump has coronavirus: Celebrities react to the news and criticise president for 'science denial'

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. GOD", while James Mangold, director of Logan and the forthcoming Indiana Jones 5, simply posted …

Donald Trump has tested positive for coronavirus. While the US constitution was written before it hit the world, it has a plan for this
4 years, 3 months ago

Donald Trump has tested positive for coronavirus. While the US constitution was written before it hit the world, it has a plan for this

ABC  

With the US the nation worst hit by the global coronavirus pandemic and in the middle of an election campaign, the news that its leader, Donald Trump, has also contracted the virus will be unsettling for many. Mr Trump is not the first leader to have tested positive to the coronavirus — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Brazil's President …

Timeline: How Trump Has Downplayed The Coronavirus Pandemic
4 years, 3 months ago

Timeline: How Trump Has Downplayed The Coronavirus Pandemic

NPR  

Timeline: How Trump Has Downplayed The Coronavirus Pandemic Enlarge this image toggle caption Carolyn Kaster/AP Carolyn Kaster/AP President Trump, who announced overnight that he and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the coronavirus, has repeatedly downplayed the severity of the coronavirus pandemic and often contradicted public health experts and members of his own administration in their more grave …

'Call it China Virus, Coronavirus Sounds Like a Beautiful Place in Italy': Donald Trump at Poll Rally
4 years, 3 months ago

'Call it China Virus, Coronavirus Sounds Like a Beautiful Place in Italy': Donald Trump at Poll Rally

News 18  

US President Donald Trump has hit out at China for not stopping the COVID-19 pandemic that has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives globally, as he yet again used the term "China virus" and urged his supporters not to call it coronavirus, saying the name sounds like a "beautiful place" in Italy. President Trump: “It’s China Virus – Corona sounds …

White House defends hitting 200k coronavirus deaths: ‘We were expecting 2 million’
4 years, 3 months ago

White House defends hitting 200k coronavirus deaths: ‘We were expecting 2 million’

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The White House defended Donald Trump as the number of …

Call it 'China virus', coronavirus sounds like a 'beautiful place' in Italy, says Donald Trump
4 years, 3 months ago

Call it 'China virus', coronavirus sounds like a 'beautiful place' in Italy, says Donald Trump

India Today  

US President Donald Trump has again targeted China for over the Covid-19 pandemic that has now killed over 9.69 lakh people across countries, with US suffering the highest toll. Trump has said it should be called “China virus” instead of coronavirus, which sounds like a “beautiful place in Italy”. Donald Trump has hit out at China for not stopping the …

Pentagon Gave Most Of Its $1 Billion Coronavirus Aid Package To Defense Contractors: Report
4 years, 3 months ago

Pentagon Gave Most Of Its $1 Billion Coronavirus Aid Package To Defense Contractors: Report

Huff Post  

Defense Secretary Mark Esper, with President Donald Trump, speaks on vaccine development on May 15, 2020, in the Rose Garden of the White House. A new Washington Post report, however, reveals the Trump administration gave a majority of the Pentagon’s billion-dollar coronavirus aid package to defense contractors to make things like Army uniforms, body armor and jet engine parts. Congress …

China: Trump ‘spreading political virus’ at United Nations
4 years, 3 months ago

China: Trump ‘spreading political virus’ at United Nations

Al Jazeera  

US President Donald Trump used the UN General Assembly on Tuesday to attack China’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, saying it must be held accountable for having “unleashed this plague onto the world”. “Later they falsely said people without symptoms would not spread the disease … The United Nations must hold China accountable for their actions.” ‘Get through this together’ …

Poll: Few Americans Back Trump's Decision To 'Play Down' Coronavirus
4 years, 3 months ago

Poll: Few Americans Back Trump's Decision To 'Play Down' Coronavirus

Huff Post  

President Donald Trump holds a White House news conference Friday. Alex Wong via Getty Images Roughly half of Americans believe that President Donald Trump misled the American public about the seriousness of the coronavirus, a new HuffPost/YouGov poll finds, with only about a third saying he did not do so. I don’t want to create panic.” Americans said, 51% to …

Trump promises US coronavirus vaccine soon: US election updates
4 years, 3 months ago

Trump promises US coronavirus vaccine soon: US election updates

Al Jazeera  

Biden said Trump’s response to the pandemic “utterly disqualifying” for the presidency. 17:35 ET – Trump: Coronavirus vaccine likely to be approved in October “We’re very close to that vaccine as you know, closer than most people want to say or certainly than most people understand,” President Trump said at a White House news conference. 14:15 ET – White House …

Public vs. private: A timeline of Trump’s comments on virus
4 years, 4 months ago

Public vs. private: A timeline of Trump’s comments on virus

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s comments on the threat posed by the coronavirus have varied widely depending on whether he was speaking in public or private. A look at some of the president’s public and private commentary during the early months of the pandemic that to date has killed about 190,000 Americans: JAN. 22 “We have it totally under control.” …

‘Deadly stuff': Trump’s own words bring focus back to virus
4 years, 4 months ago

‘Deadly stuff': Trump’s own words bring focus back to virus

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Try as he might to change the subject, President Donald Trump can’t escape the coronavirus. That was in a private conversation with journalist Bob Woodward last March that became public on Wednesday with the publication of excerpts from Woodward’s upcoming book “Rage.” In taped conversations released along with the excerpts, Trump insisted he didn’t want to create “panic.” …

How Donald Trump and Joe Biden have turned the hunt for a coronavirus vaccine into a political football
4 years, 4 months ago

How Donald Trump and Joe Biden have turned the hunt for a coronavirus vaccine into a political football

ABC  

Every nation is waiting with bated breath for any news of a coronavirus vaccine. The President said a vaccine would arrive "sooner than the end of the year, could be much sooner". Dismissing her comments as "reckless anti-vaccine rhetoric" several days later, Trump said Harris's attack was designed to detract from the effort to quickly develop a vaccine. "She's talking …

Fact check: Trump falsely describes Biden’s comment on coronavirus shutdowns
4 years, 4 months ago

Fact check: Trump falsely describes Biden’s comment on coronavirus shutdowns

CNN  

Washington CNN — President Donald Trump keeps wrongly describing what his Democratic opponent, former Vice President Joe Biden, said about the idea of imposing a “shutdown” to combat the coronavirus. In his Thursday speech accepting the Republican presidential nomination, Trump said, “Instead of following the science, Joe Biden wants to inflict a painful shutdown on the entire country.” He said …

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