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Trump has repeatedly compared COVID-19 to influenza, despite Fauci estimating COVID-19 to have a mortality rate around ten times higher. On March 9, Trump compared the 546 known U.S. cases of COVID-19 at the time and the 22 known deaths at the time to the tens of thousands of U.S. deaths from flu each year.
[13] [14] Trump left office with 3 million fewer jobs in the U.S. than when he took office, making Trump the only modern U.S. president to leave office with a smaller workforce though this was, in part, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [11] Throughout his presidency, Trump mischaracterized the economy as the best in American history. [15]
Writing for The Washington Post, Ron Charles cited The Beautiful Poetry of Donald Trump as a "curious response" to Trump's presidency. [3] In June 2020, Joshua Tresvalles of the International Business Times listed the book as one of the "Top 10 Best Books About Donald Trump in 2020". [2]
As the U.S. COVID-19 daily new case count increased from about 20,000 on June 9 to over 50,000 by July 7, Trump repeatedly insisted that the case increase was a function of increased COVID-19 testing. [73] Trump's claims were contradicted by the facts that states having increased case counts as well as those having decreased case counts had ...
The most widely-reported interview between Trump and Woodward was made on February 7, 2020. During the interview, Trump and Woodward discussed COVID-19. Trump told Woodward that he "wanted to always play it down... because I don't want to create a panic" despite being told that it may be five times "more deadly" than the common flu. [11]
In January 2018, Axios reported Trump's working hours were typically around 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (a later start and an earlier end compared to the beginning of his presidency) and that he was holding fewer meetings during his working hours in order to accommodate Trump's desire for more unstructured free time (labelled as "executive time"). [59]
The next day, April 16, the administration unveiled new federal guidelines for a three-phased approach to restoring normal commerce and services, but only for places with strong testing and seeing a decrease in COVID-19 cases. [122] President Trump suggested at a press briefing on April 23 that disinfectant injections or exposure to ultraviolet ...
The goal of the Task Force was to coordinate and oversee the administration's efforts to monitor, prevent, contain, and mitigate the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). [1] Also referred to as the President's Coronavirus Task Force , it was established on January 29, 2020, with Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar as ...