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Asked about the 200,000 deaths caused by the pandemic in the country, which were exceeded this Tuesday, Donald Trump said that “it is a pity.”
“I think we did the right thing and we did it well. We would have two and a half million dead or something like that (…). We would have a much higher number (…) We could have two, two and a half or three million ”, added the government official.
The United States surpassed 200,000 deaths from COVID-19 on Tuesday, bringing the total number of cases to 6.89 million, according to an independent tally from Johns Hopkins University.
“China should have stopped him [o coronavírus] on your border. They should not have allowed it to spread throughout the world and that is terrible, “added Trump, who was proud to have quickly ordered the closure of the borders to Chinese citizens, something that, however, has not served to prevent the spread coronavirus in the country. .
At a rally in Pennsylvania on Tuesday night, Trump did not mention the fact that the United States has the highest total number of deaths and infections in the world, as well as one of the highest infection rates per 100,000 residents. Instead, he said, “We are destroying the virus.”
At a packed rally, where many people did not wear masks or maintain physical distance, Trump mocked Democratic rival in the November presidential election, Joe Biden.
“He always goes with the mask. All that money in plastic surgery to cover it with a mask, “he said.
The provisional death toll from the pandemic in the United States is more than double the lower limit of the White House’s initial estimates, which projected, at best, between 100,000 and 240,000 deaths from the pandemic.
The US president even expressed his confidence that the final figure would be between 50,000 and 60,000 dead. He later updated the estimate, predicting up to 110,000 deaths, which was also widely exceeded.
