Trump Downplays the Virus While the Summer Surge Keeps Climbing
On July 6, Trump kept signaling that the coronavirus was a manageable problem just as public-health numbers were moving the other way. That mismatch was the whole story: the White House wanted a reopening narrative, but the country was living with a surge narrative. The result was a credibility problem that made every later Trump claim about COVID sound less like leadership and more like denial with a flag pin.
First recorded Jul 6, 2020·Meaningfully updated Jul 6, 2020
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Trump Downplays the Virus While the Summer Surge Keeps Climbing
On July 6, Trump kept signaling that the coronavirus was a manageable problem just as public-health numbers were moving the other way. That mismatch was the whole story: the White House wanted a reopening narrative, but the country was living with a surge narrative. The result was a credibility problem that made every later Trump claim about COVID sound less like leadership and more like denial with a flag pin.
On July 6, Trump kept signaling that the coronavirus was a manageable problem just as public-health numbers were moving the other way. That mismatch was the whole story: the White House wanted a reopening narrative, but the country was living with a surge narrative. The result was a credibility problem that made every later Trump claim about COVID sound less like leadership and more like denial with a flag pin.
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