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“The pandemic will be over soon,” Trump said during a campaign appearance in the southwestern state of Arizona. People were fed up with outlets like liberal broadcaster CNN only talking about the pandemic, Trump said to cheers from his conservative supporters.
50,000 new infections daily in the US
“People are fed up with the pandemic. Did you know? They are fed up with the pandemic,” he said on Monday (local time). However, Trump’s forecast of an imminent end to the corona pandemic contradicts developments in the country. The number of new infections recently rose back to around 50,000 per day, and the trend is increasing. In the United States, a country of 330 million people, there are already 8.2 million confirmed corona infections, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Some 220,000 people died after the infection, more than in any other country in the world.
Trump behind Biden, according to Arizona polls
Republican Trump is running for a second term on November 3. He made two appearances Monday in the beleaguered state of Arizona at airports in the cities of Prescott and Tucson. Trump won the state in 2016. Latest polls see his Democratic challenger Joe Biden leading the way.
