Trump refusing to acknowledge virus out of control
Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2020 1:44 pm
In the interview with Johnathon Swan, Trump showed up with these charts to show how "great" America is doing with the virus.
Combination of a man used to conning his way through life and not having a clue. Trump is so used to being able to just say, "I'm doing a great job, no one has ever done what I've done in the last three years, We are doing great". And that was enough because the country was doing well, with or without him. But now, things aren't so well and him claiming that he's doing a great job isn't working.
“Right now, I think it's under control,” Trump said at one point. “I'll tell you what—”
“How? A thousand Americans are dying a day,” Swan interjected.
“They are dying, that's true. And you ha— It is what it is,” Trump replied. “But that doesn't mean we aren't doing everything we can. It's under control as much as you can control it. This is a horrible plague that beset us.”
“You really think this is as much as we can control it? A thousand deaths a day?” Swan said.
“I’ll tell you, I’d like to know if somebody—” Trump began, then switched directions. “First of all, we have done a great job.”
“Right here,” he said at one point, showing Swan a chart, “the United States is lowest in— numerous categories, we're lower than the world.”
“Lower than the world?” Swan asked. “What does that mean?"
“We're lower than Europe,” Trump continued. “Take a look. Take a look. Right here.”
He handed Swan the sheet of paper, allowing the reporter, at least, to actually understand what Trump was claiming.
“Oh, you’re doing death as a proportion of cases,” Swan said. “I’m talking about death as a proportion of population. That’s where the U.S. is really bad. Much worse than South Korea, Germany, etcetera.”
“You can't do that,” Trump replied.
“Why can't I do that?” Swan asked.
“You have go by—” Trump continued, fumbling with his papers. “You have to go by where— Look, here is the United States— You have to go by the cases of death.”
Combination of a man used to conning his way through life and not having a clue. Trump is so used to being able to just say, "I'm doing a great job, no one has ever done what I've done in the last three years, We are doing great". And that was enough because the country was doing well, with or without him. But now, things aren't so well and him claiming that he's doing a great job isn't working.