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The president-elect of the United States, Donald Trump, addresses the population again before the turn of the year. Above all, he praised the country’s achievements under his leadership. “Truly historic victories” have been achieved and the United States should be remembered for what it has accomplished, Trump said in a broadcast video message. In particular, he praised the rapid production of coronavirus vaccines and thanked scientists, doctors and the military. Vaccines would end the pandemic once and for all, Trump said.
The president went on to say that the country has weathered the pandemic “dramatically better” economically than experts had predicted. “No one can keep up with us” in terms of the less severe recession and rapid rebound, Trump said. “Whenever America is challenged, we always rise to the occasion.”
Since the start of the global corona pandemic, nearly 20 million Sars-CoV-2 infections have been detected in the US, and more than 340,000 deaths are related to the virus.
In his speech, Trump did not speak about the dramatic scope of the pandemic, which continues to affect the US economy. Within a week, hundreds of thousands of Americans reapplied for unemployment benefits, and according to the latest figures, about 19.6 million people in the United States receive some form of unemployment benefit. A year earlier it was only around 1.8 million.
Trump also did not mention the presidential election in his message. He came out of it as a loser, but does not recognize the victory of his Democratic challenger Joe Biden. Trump sees himself cheated by the victory, so he has not presented evidence. Biden’s inauguration is scheduled for January 20.
