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After surpassing the 200,000 death mark in the corona pandemic in the US, US President Donald Trump (74) once again blamed China for the spread of the virus. “The Chinese should have stopped it at their border, they should never have allowed it to spread all over the world,” Trump said Tuesday night (local time) at the White House.
The 200,000 dead are “terrible”. From his point of view, the United States did everything right. Without the crisis management of his government, the United States would have “two million, two and a half million and three million” dead.
Complaints to the UN General Assembly
“We have saved millions of lives,” Trump said during a campaign appearance in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. “You let out the plague,” the president added, referring to China. “It is the China virus, not the coronavirus. Corona sounds like a place in Italy, a beautiful place. It is crown. No, it’s the China virus, they don’t want to say it, you know, the radical left, they don’t want to say it. “
By Tuesday morning, Trump had already raised serious accusations against China in the United Nations general debate. “We have to hold the nation to account that unleashed this plague on the world: China,” Trump said in his video message to the UN General Assembly.
Critics accuse him of being distracted by his own failure
The number of deaths in the US since the start of the corona pandemic rose to more than 200,000 on Tuesday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. The threshold of 150,000 victims was reached at the end of July. More than 6.8 million infections with the Sars-CoV-2 pathogen have been confirmed in the United States since the start of the pandemic. Critics accuse Republican Trump of trying to divert attention from his own failure to fight the pandemic with his escalating attacks on China ahead of the Nov.3 election.
Trump’s challenger in the presidential election, Democrat Joe Biden, 77, said: “We need a president who faces the problem honestly and leads. This president has shown that he can’t do both. “Biden also criticized a statement by Trump at a campaign rally Monday night in Ohio where the president said,” It affects virtually no one, “referring to the virus and young people. .
“My opponent is against oil, guns and God.”
On Biden, Trump said in Pittsburgh that he himself had accomplished more in his 47 months as president than Biden in his 47 years as a senator from Delaware and vice president under Barack Obama. “I don’t think it’s a radical left, but it’s basically controlled by them,” Trump said. “I am in favor of fracking,” Trump told his supporters. “My opponent is against oil, guns and God.”
The House spokeswoman, Democrat Nancy Pelosi, accused Trump of “fatal misinformation and negligence.” The fact that so many people died is even more heartbreaking because it didn’t have to turn out that way. “The president’s disdain for science, government, and the health of the American people has led to a historic national tragedy,” Pelosi said.
“Impeacht for a perfect phone call”
In front of his followers, Trump spoke of “crazy Nancy”. They want to impeach him again, Trump said. The reason is that they want to delay the appointment of the new judge in the Supreme Court. “I went to impeachment because of a perfect phone call,” Trump said, referring to the failed impeachment process in relation to the Ukraine issue.
The number of victims of the crown in the United States, a country of 330 million people, is the highest in absolute numbers in the world. Brazil currently ranks second with more than 137,000 deaths, followed by India with around 89,000 victims. However, in relation to the number of inhabitants, the number of victims is higher in Peru, Belgium and Spain than in the United States. In Peru, for example, according to Johns Hopkins, about 98 people died per 100,000 inhabitants, in Belgium 87, in Spain 65. In the United States the figure has so far been 61 people per 100,000 inhabitants, comparable to Italy (59) .
Around 40,000 new infections every day
The Sars-CoV-2 pathogen can trigger Covid-19 disease, which can be life-threatening, especially in the elderly or immunosuppressed. The number of new corona infections per day remains high in the US About 40,000 new confirmed infections are reported each day, sometimes more, sometimes less. According to experts, this number should be reduced below 10,000 to control the pandemic.
Given the devastating results, the presidential election should also turn into a vote on fighting the pandemic. Multiple polls have shown that a majority of voters are more likely than Trump to trust former Vice President Biden to control the pandemic. Biden has also been ahead of Trump for months in national polls. But much can change before Election Day, and national polls have only limited informational value due to the complex electoral system. (SDA / noo)
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