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On metric after metric, the coronavirus pandemic has been worse in the U.S. than nearly any other co
On metric after metric, the coronavirus pandemic has been worse in the U.S. than nearly any other countryJuly 21, 2020 at 10:05 a.m. CDT
President Trump’s bid to keep his job next year is wobbling, with national polling regularly showing him trailing former vice president Joe Biden by double-digit margins. It’s not a mystery why: Americans are concerned about the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and hold Trump accountable for the virus’s continued spread.
The White House this week decided to respond to those concerns, reintroducing daily briefings that they think will allow Trump to better position himself as being in control. (His track record in this regard isn’t great.) Trump himself is taking a slightly different tack — arguing that, actually, things here are pretty good.
As he did on Tuesday morning.
Link to tweet
By comparison to most countries, Trump says, the United States is “doing very well.” That’s obviously not true.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/07/21/metric-after-metric-coronavirus-pandemic-has-been-worse-us-than-nearly-any-other-country/