The Week -
4 May 2020 09:20

President Trump said at a Fox News town hall on Sunday night that 80,000 to 90,000 Americans might die from COVID-19, an increase from his longtime ceiling of 60,000 deaths and his more optimistic early predictions. By Sunday night, the U.S. had reported 67,682 COVID-19 deaths, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. Trump, who has publicly vacillated between focusing on the cost in lives and cost in dollars, also said "we have to reopen our country," and do it "safely but as quickly a...
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