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Trump Under Fire Over Comments On Lockdown Protests

Trump Under Fire Over Comments On Lockdown Protests

April 20, 2020 6:52 am
United States President, Donald Trump has been criticized for “encouraging” people to break the law amid the coronavirus lockdown.

Washington State Governor, Jay Inslee, put Trump on blast on Sunday for repeated comments during his daily briefings.

Trump maintains that he did not believe that protests against stay-at-home orders were putting people at risk of spreading or contracting COVID-19.

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Inslee complained that Trump was ignoring warnings of respected US officials who have been speaking against mass gatherings.

“To have an American president to encourage people to violate the law, I can’t remember

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Global Virus Deaths Hit 150,000 As Trump Blasts China

April 17, 2020 6:26 pm

World coronavirus deaths passed 150,000 Friday as US President Donald Trump accused China of continuing to cover up its toll, even after Beijing revised figures sharply upward for Wuhan, the original epicenter of the global pandemic.

COVID-19 fatalities mounted in the United States and hard-hit Western Europe countries, but fresh data on rising infections and deaths in Africa showed the virus is leaving no continent untouched as it marches around the globe.

More than half of humanity — 4.5 billion people — were confined to their homes, with evidence mounting of social distancing’s success in slowing the pandemic.

But widespread …

Global Backlash After Trump Orders Funding Freeze On WHO

Global Backlash After Trump Orders Funding Freeze On WHO

April 15, 2020 6:25 pm

Criticism was heaped on US President Donald Trump on Wednesday after he ordered a freeze on funding for the World Health Organization, with friends and foes of the United States calling for global solidarity in the fight against the coronavirus and its economic devastation.

The pandemic is entering a new and uncertain phase as governments debate how to reboot commerce without triggering new infection waves of a virus that has killed more than 125,000 people.

In hard-hit Europe, a patchwork of countries are easing lockdown measures, with Denmark the first on the continent to send some children back to school …

Sanders Endorses Ex-Rival Biden For US President

Sanders Endorses Ex-Rival Biden For US President

April 13, 2020 6:37 pm

Former White House candidate Bernie Sanders on Monday endorsed onetime rival Joe Biden for president, saying it was time to unite in the effort to defeat Donald Trump in November.

The two veteran politicians, who each spent the past year battling for the Democratic nomination, appeared together by split-screen on Biden’s livecast.

“Today I am asking all Americans — I’m asking every Democrat, I’m asking every independent, I’m asking a lot of Republicans — to come together in this campaign to support your candidacy which I endorse,” Sanders said.

The swift endorsement marked a notable change from 2016, when Sanders …

Trump Shuns Medical Advice - 'I Won’t Wear Face Masks'

Trump Shuns Medical Advice – ‘I Won’t Wear Face Masks’

April 5, 2020 6:41 am

US President, Donald Trump, on Saturday declared that he will not wear a face mask.

This is despite new medical guidance advising people in the country to do so.

Trump said that it doesn’t look nice for him to be greeting “presidents, prime ministers, dictators, kings, queens” in the Oval Office while wearing one.

He said the guidance issued on Friday by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the government’s public health advisory agency, on mask wearing in the US, is voluntary.

“You do not have to do it,” he said. “I don’t think I’m going to be doing

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Trump To Americans - 'Prepare For A Lot Of Deaths'

Trump To Americans: ‘Prepare For A Lot Of Deaths’

April 5, 2020 6:26 am

United States President, Donald Trump has told Americans to prepare for a lot of death in the coming week as the dreadful Coronavirus surges.

The novel coronavirus has infected more than 1.1 million people and killed more than 60,000 worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins University.

The US has more than 300,000 cases and more than 8,100 deaths, according to revised figures.

Trump on Saturday said ‘There’s going to be a lot of death, unfortunately.’

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He said federal assistance would now be focused on areas that need it most.

“In some cases …

US In Trouble - 240,000 Americans May Die From Coronavirus

US In Trouble: 240,000 Americans May Die From Coronavirus

April 1, 2020 6:50 am
United State’s President, Donald Trump has warned of a “painful” and “tough” two-week ahead as he extended nationwide distancing measures that even if followed closely, could still mean between 100,000 and 240,000 Americans could die from coronavirus.

It was a stark message from a President who spent weeks downplaying the severity of the virus and questioned its potential impact in the United States.

Trump did not minimize what has become the gravest public health crisis in decades during his remarks on Tuesday. Instead, he advised Americans that darker days may be still to come, CNN reports.

“I want every American …

Coronavirus - Trump Backs Away From New York Quarantine

Coronavirus: Trump Backs Away From New York Quarantine

March 29, 2020 12:51 pm

US President Donald Trump has said quarantining New York “will not be necessary”, after the state’s governor said doing so would be “preposterous”.

Mr Trump said the latest decision was taken on the recommendation of the White House Coronavirus Task Force.

The president had earlier said he might impose a quarantine on New York, and parts of New Jersey and Connecticut, to slow the spread of Covid-19.

There are more than 52,000 cases in New York.

The state has about half of the total confirmed Covid-19 cases in the entire US.

Mr Trump tweeted that instead of quarantine, a “strong …

Trump On Coronavirus - We’re At War

Trump On Coronavirus: “We’re At War, In A True Sense”

March 23, 2020 6:20 am

President Donald Trump has ordered thousands of emergency hospital beds set up at American coronavirus hotspots, declaring: “We’re at war, in a true sense we’re at war.”

He spoke on Sunday night as his trillion-dollar economic rescue package crashed and pandemic deaths soared in the U.S. and across the globe.

A deadly prison riot in Columbia triggered by concerns over the virus highlighted the deepening sense of global panic as unprecedented government containment efforts failed.

The death toll from the virus has surged to more than 14,700 on Sunday, according to a Worldometers tally, with Europe the epicentre but …

Cruise Ships Could Become Floating Hospitals - Trump

Cruise Ships Could Be Used As Floating Hospitals – Trump

March 20, 2020 5:28 am

Cruise ships could be converted into floating hospitals to treat cases of the novel coronavirus, US President Donald Trump said Thursday.

Micky Arison, the chairman of Carnival Corporation, which operates Carnival Cruise Line, “made the offer, it was a generous offer,” Trump said during a press conference.

“He said that he has some ships that would be ideally suited for what we are doing,” the president said, since the ships are “big and have a lot of rooms.”

“If we should need ships, a lot of rooms, they’ll be docked at New York and Los Angeles and San Francisco …

US And China Trade Barbs Over Coronavirus

US And China Trade Barbs Over Coronavirus

March 17, 2020 5:05 pm

US President Donald Trump doubled down Tuesday on calling the coronavirus spreading rapidly across the world the “Chinese Virus,” despite protests from Beijing.

“It did come from China, so I think it’s very accurate,” Trump told a news conference, defending tweets in which he used the label for the COVID-19 pandemic.

Trump indicated that another motive was payback for what he said was China’s disinformation campaign blaming the US military for the virus.

“China was putting out information which was false,” he said.

“I didn’t appreciate the fact that China was saying that our military gave it to them. Our …

Trump Under Fire For Calling COVID-19 ‘Chinese Virus’

Trump Under Fire For Calling COVID-19 ‘Chinese Virus’

March 17, 2020 6:16 am
US President Donald Trump has found himself being dragged on Twitter after calling the raging coronavirus the Chinese virus.

Trump had in a broadcast last week called the virus a foreign virus and merely stepped up his characterisation with the new label.

“The United States will be powerfully supporting those industries, like Airlines and others, that are particularly affected by the Chinese Virus. We will be stronger than ever before!”, Trump tweeted late on Monday.

The tweet enraged not just Chinese Twitterati, but fellow Americans. However, Trump also had supporters, who praised him for calling the virus what it is.…

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