He seized on a question about his bullying rhetoric and answers to the press by bullying the press, arguing that the vast majority of reporters are “hostile” despite, he said, his having “done more than any other president in the history of our country,” like creating a Space Force and combating terrorism.
And when asked about the controversy of holding the virtual town hall at the Lincoln Memorial, the president said he thought the venue was chosen by Fox News, not the White House.
Trump said he could unite the country by winning against the coronavirus, which has killed more than 67,000 people in the U.S. and put 30 million Americans out of work in the past six weeks despite Congress’ passage of trillions of dollars in stimulus funds.
He went on, however, to call his predecessors “foolish” and “stupid,” to dismiss the World Health Organization as a “disaster,” and ultimately to contradict himself by remarking that there was no winning when lives are lost.
“There’s no win here, just so we all understand,” Trump said. “There is no win. This is not a situation where there’s a win.”
In terms of death, Trump added, the U.S. is “at the lowest level predicted, and we may not hit that,” though America has already surpassed that level: Trump previously said the low end of the death toll would be between 50,000 and 60,000, and his prediction as of Sunday ranged from 75,000 to 100,000.
“I’ve never seen death like this,” Trump said.
Source: politico.com
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