U.S. Hits 200,000 Deaths, and Trump Turns the U.N. Into a Blame Session
The United States crossed 200,000 COVID-19 deaths on the same day Trump delivered a virtual address to the U.N. General Assembly. Instead of treating the milestone like the national emergency it was, he spent the speech leaning hard into China-bashing, self-praise, and claims that his administration had handled the pandemic well. It was a brutal contrast between the scale of the loss and the smallness of the response.
First recorded Sep 22, 2020·Meaningfully updated Sep 22, 2020
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U.S. Hits 200,000 Deaths, and Trump Turns the U.N. Into a Blame Session
The United States crossed 200,000 COVID-19 deaths on the same day Trump delivered a virtual address to the U.N. General Assembly. Instead of treating the milestone like the national emergency it was, he spent the speech leaning hard into China-bashing, self-praise, and claims that his administration had handled the pandemic well. It was a brutal contrast between the scale of the loss and the smallness of the response.
The United States crossed 200,000 COVID-19 deaths on the same day Trump delivered a virtual address to the U.N. General Assembly. Instead of treating the milestone like the national emergency it was, he spent the speech leaning hard into China-bashing, self-praise, and claims that his administration had handled the pandemic well. It was a brutal contrast between the scale of the loss and the smallness of the respons…
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