Trump flails in interview with Fox News, citing false and nonexistent data on COVID
In an interview with Fox News’s Chris Wallace that aired Sunday, President Trump defended his handling of the coronavirus pandemic — with incorrect data that had to be corrected by Wallace — and insisted that Vice President Joe Biden wants to defund the police, which Wallace disputed. The White House was unable to provide any evidence for the claim.
Wallace, considered the most independent-minded Fox News anchor, did his best to hold Trump accountable during the interview, which was conducted late last week on the White House grounds outside the Oval Office. But it was a largely futile effort, as Trump deflected uncomfortable questions about COVID-19 by returning to his favorite statistic, about how the U.S. has “the best testing in the world.” Wallace: “I understand. Cases are up 194 percent.
To support his dismissal of scientific expertise on the pandemic, he cited misleading speculation, early in the pandemic, that it might disappear in the summer. Trump said he had a “very good relationship” with Dr. Anthony Fauci but added, “He's a little bit of an alarmist.” Trump also said the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases had been wrong early in the fight.
Trump leaned in to one of his leading campaign themes, that “leftists” are trying to destroy the country. Wallace braced him on it:TRUMP: “I just look at – I look at school. I watch, I read, look at the stuff. Now they want to change -- 1492, Columbus discovered America. You know, we grew up, you grew up, we all did, that’s what we learned. Now they want to make it the 1619 project. Where did that come from? What does it represent? I don’t even know, so.
Deutschland Neuesten Nachrichten, Deutschland Schlagzeilen
Similar News:Sie können auch ähnliche Nachrichten wie diese lesen, die wir aus anderen Nachrichtenquellen gesammelt haben.
Trump Shrugs Off COVID Death Toll in Fox News Interview: ‘It Is What It Is’President Donald Trump refused to believe that America has one of the highest coronavirus mortality rates in the world and brushed off the rising death toll from the pandemic during a combative and contentious Sunday interview with Fox News anchor Chris Wallace.In his first interview with the veteran
Weiterlesen »
Trump admin allows group Covid-19 testingThe approach involves combining samples from multiple people, which are only tested individually if the batch comes back positive.
Weiterlesen »
Chris Wallace Calls Out Donald Trump For Claiming That Joe Biden Wants To Defund The PoliceAs Fox News’ Chris Wallace sat down for an interview with Donald Trump on Friday, he called out when the president claimed that Joe Biden supports defunding the police. In the interview, set …
Weiterlesen »
Trump rips Mary Trump in first comments about her bookWhen it comes to masks and coronavirus, President Trump made a 'huge mistake that's cost many, many tens of thousands of lives,' says his niece, Mary. 'All that he's got left is creating division, and that's a place in which he is very, very comfortable.'
Weiterlesen »
Mary Trump Digs At President Donald Trump Over TV Ratings, Boast-Tweets Over Topping HimTalk about adding insult to injury. Author Mary Trump, out flogging her tell-all book, Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man’, took to Twitter …
Weiterlesen »