In an extraordinary interview with Fox News on Sunday, the President of the United States, Donald Trump, called the expert in the White House, Dr. Anthony Fauci, “an alarmist” and when asked about the daily number of deaths from coronavirus of about 1,000 said, “It is what it is.”
The interview, during which Trump also had a discussion about whether identifying an elephant was strong evidence of mental stability, was especially combative when he referred to Covid-19, which has infected 3.7 million and killed more than 140,000 people in the United States.
Fox News host Chris Wallace repeatedly pressured Trump on the death toll, which the president tried to deflect by pointing out death rates in other countries and saying the United States had “one of the lowest in the world.”
“That’s not true, sir,” said Wallace correctly. The discussion continued, and Trump asked his press secretary, Kayleigh McEnany, “please bring me the death rate.”
“Do you have the numbers please?” Trump asked. “Because I heard that we have the best mortality rate. Number, number one, low mortality rate. “
While waving a newspaper, Trump said, “I hope they show it on the air, because it shows what fake news is all about.”
“I don’t think it’s fake news,” said Wallace.
Wallace then showed a montage of Trump’s comments downplaying Covid-19, saying it will “disappear” at some point.
“I will be right eventually,” Trump said. “It is going away. I will say it again, it will disappear and I will be right ”.
Wallace asked if Trump’s previous comments on the disappearance of the coronavirus, which had not been confirmed, discredited him.
“I don’t think so, you know why? Because I’ve been right, probably more than anyone.
Trump went on to say that masks can cause problems (they don’t) and that an increase in evidence is why the United States has such a high number of cases. It is not.
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