In 2016, the former president of the United States, Barack Obama, broke the Internet with his dance at the White House.
Four years later, the current president of the United States, Donald Trump, is dancing. But not everyone is happy.
Trump on Monday turned his first campaign rally since contracting COVID-19 into a full-throated defense of his handling of the pandemic that has killed 215,000 Americans, joking that he was healthy enough to dive into the crowd and give. to the voters a big kiss. . “
There was no social distancing and the wearing of masks was spotty among the thousands who came to see Trump’s return to Florida. He stood his ground for an hour, trying to get his feisty campaign back on track with just a few weeks before Election Day.
And when he finished, with his new opening song, The Village People’s “YMCA” blasting through the speakers, the president did what has become his signature dance, shaking his fists in time with the rhythm of the crowd. But he kept his distance from the audience.
Not everyone was so excited.
During a pandemic with more than 210,000 deaths throughout our country … And the @POTUS He’s dancing. What does he do when we hit 300K dead? 400K?
– MR_G (@ Mr_G_01) October 13, 2020
Three weeks before the election, Trump is pushing to correct a stubborn deficit in national and state polls while continuing to spread misinformation about a virus that he spent months downplaying.
For days, the White House had dodged questions about whether Trump had tested negative. Conley said over the weekend that the president met the criteria of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to interrupt isolation safely and that according to “currently recognized standards”, Trump is no longer considered a risk of transmission.
(With AP inputs)
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