April 30, 2020. U.S. total Covid cases = 1,119,556 (+31,895), which is 3.5% of current total.
April 30, 2021. U.S. total Covid cases = 32,316,340
April 30, 2020. U.S. total Covid deaths = 65,220 (+2,291), which is 11.3% of current total.
April 30, 2021. U.S. total Covid deaths = 574,791
April 29, 2020. U.S. total Covid cases = 1,087,661 (+29,704), which is 3.4% of current total.
April 29, 2021. U.S. total Covid cases = 32,257,610
The guidelines are set to expire tomorrow, and Trump signaled he was looking ahead to reopening the country, applauding governors who have started to allow some businesses to reopen with restrictions. “I am very much in favor of what they’re doing,” Trump said. “They’re getting it going.”
April 29, 2020. U.S. total Covid deaths = 63,229 (+2,472), which is 11% of current total.
April 29, 2021. U.S. total Covid deaths = 573,951
April 28, 2020. U.S. total Covid cases = 1,057,957 (+26,583), which is 3.3% of current total.
April 28, 2021. U.S. total Covid cases = 32,203,090
For context, here's what Trump said in February: "When you have 15 people, and the 15 within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero, that's a pretty good job we've done."
On Tuesday, Acosta invoked Trump's faulty prediction from February while asking for his reaction to the news that the United States officially surpassed 1 million confirmed cases.
"It will go down to zero, ultimately," Trump responded.
April 28, 2020. U.S. total Covid deaths = 60,757 (+2,554), which is 10.6% of current total.
April 28, 2021. U.S. total Covid deaths = 573,001
April 27, 2020. U.S. total Covid cases = 1,031,375 (+22,507), which is 3.2% of current total.
April 27, 2021. U.S. total Covid cases = 32,151,152
April 27, 2020. U.S. total Covid deaths = 58,203 (+1,434), which is 10.2% of current total.
April 27, 2021. U.S. total Covid deaths = 572,237
April 26, 2020. U.S. total Covid cases = 1,008,868 (+26,343), which is 3.1% of current total.
April 26, 2021. U.S. total Covid cases = 32,103,720
April 26, 2020. U.S. total Covid deaths = 56,769 (+1,183), which is 9.9% of current total.
April 26, 2021. U.S. total Covid deaths = 571,753
April 25, 2020. U.S. total Covid cases = 982,525 (+35,040), which is 3% of current total.
April 25, 2021. U.S. total Covid cases = 32,070,048
“What is the purpose of having White House News Conferences when the Lamestream Media asks nothing but hostile questions, & then refuses to report the truth or facts accurately,” he wrote. “They get record ratings, & the American people get nothing but Fake News. Not worth the time & effort!”
April 25, 2020. U.S. total Covid deaths = 55,586 (+2,119), which is 9.4% of current total.
April 25, 2021. U.S. total Covid deaths = 571,471
April 24, 2020. U.S. total Covid cases = 947,495 (+36,388), which is 3% of current total.
April 24, 2021. U.S. total Covid cases = 32,019,467
“Supposing we hit the body with a tremendous — whether it’s ultraviolet or just very powerful light,” Mr. Trump said. “And I think you said that hasn’t been checked, but we’re going to test it?” he added, turning to Mr. Bryan, who had returned to his seat. “And then I said, supposing you brought the light inside the body, either through the skin or some other way.”
Apparently reassured that the tests he was proposing would take place, Mr. Trump then theorized about the possible medical benefits of disinfectants in the fight against the virus.
“And then I see the disinfectant where it knocks it out in a minute — one minute — and is there a way we can do something like that by injection inside, or almost a cleaning?” he asked. “Because you see it gets in the lungs and it does a tremendous number on the lungs, so it would be interesting to check that.”
Experts have long warned that ultraviolet lamps can harm humans if used improperly — when the exposure is outside the body, much less inside. The link between ultraviolet light and skin cancer is well established. Bleach and other disinfectants may kill microbes but they also can kill humans if swallowed or if fumes are too powerful. That is why bottles of bleach and other disinfectants carry sharp warnings of ingestion dangers.
April 24, 2020. U.S. total Covid deaths = 53,467 (+31,924), which is 9.4% of current total.
April 24, 2021. U.S. total Covid deaths = 570,746
April 23, 2020. U.S. total Covid cases = 911.107 (+31,840), which is 2.9% of current total.
April 23, 2021. U.S. total Covid cases = 31,951,438
Trump reminded the audience that he guessed the virus could die when the weather gets warmer: “I once mentioned that maybe it does go with heat and light and people didn’t like that statement very much.”
(At a rally in February Trump said: “Looks like by April, you know, in theory, when it gets a little warmer, it miraculously goes away.”)
April 23, 2020. U.S. total Covid deaths = 51,453 (+2,422), which is 9% of current total.
April 23, 2021. U.S. total Covid deaths = 569,875
April 22, 2020. U.S. total Covid cases = 879,267 (+32,364), which is 2.8% of current total.
April 22, 2021. U.S. total Covid cases = 31,885,049
"He was talking about the flu and corona coming together at the same time,” Trump said, “and corona could be just some little flare-ups that we’ll take care of.” [emphasis added]
April 22, 2020. U.S. total Covid deaths = 49,030 (+2,426), which is 8.6% of current total.
April 22, 2021. U.S. total Covid deaths = 568,962
April 21, 2020. U.S. total Covid cases = 846,903 (+27,413), which is 2.7% of current total.
April 21, 2021. U.S. total Covid cases = 31,821,943
“Now we’re going toward 50 -- I’m hearing, or 60,000 people. One is too many. I always say it. One is too many, but we’re going toward 50 or 60,000 people. That’s at the lower -- as you know the lower (end of the projections) was supposed to be 100,000 people.”
April 21, 2020. U.S. total Covid deaths = 46.604 (+2,759), which is 8.2% of current total.
April 21, 2021. U.S. total Covid deaths = 568,161
April 20, 2020. U.S. total Covid cases = 819,490 (+29,730), which is 2.6% of current total.
April 20, 2021. U.S. total Covid cases = 31,761,200
CNN sums up Trump's early response to the pandemic.
Even after three tumultuous years in which President Donald Trump has shredded the decorum of his office, his unwillingness to provide unifying leadership still has the power to shock.
Trump's daily coronavirus task force press briefing has become the chief exhibit in this deficit of national stewardship and has largely shed any purpose in conveying useful information at a fraught moment — if that was ever the aim.
Instead, the President spends his time perpetually trying to repair his own image by disguising his belated and faulty response to the emergency.
It didn't have to be this way.
April 20, 2020. U.S. total Covid deaths = 43,845 (+1,990), which is 7.7% of current total.
April 20, 2021. U.S. total Covid deaths = 567,287
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Meet the very responsible people of TrumpWorld -- gun-toting protesters at the Michigan State Capitol on April 30, 2020.
April 17, 2020. U.S. total Covid cases = 734,929 (+33,845), which is 2.3% of current total.
April 17, 2021. U.S. total Covid cases = 32,361,300
“No, these are people expressing their views. I see the way they are and I see the way they’re working and they seem to be very responsible to me, but they’re been treated a little bit rough,” he said.
April 17, 2020. U.S. total Covid deaths = 38,284 (+2,610), which is 6.8% of current total.
April 17, 2021. U.S. total Covid deaths = 566,452
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April 16, 2020. U.S. total Covid cases = 701,084 (+30,634), which is 2.2% of current total.
April 16, 2021. U.S. total Covid cases = 31,523,500
"We'll be the comeback kids, all of us," the president said. "We want to get our country back."
April 16, 2020. U.S. total Covid deaths = 35,674 (+2,257), which is 6.3% of current total.
April 16, 2021. U.S. total Covid deaths = 565,778
Day by day: What Trump said about the pandemic.
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