The president's downplaying of COVID-19 reached dangerous levels as he threatened to open up the economy despite skyrocketing cases.
But these numbers have not appeared to influence Trump’s desire to shift the priority back to the economy.
Trump repeated that “we can do two things at one time” before again bringing up flu deaths and motor vehicle fatalities. “You have suicides over things like this, when you have terrible economies,” the president said, adding that “the cure has been very tough.”
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