Seven months of Trump's Covid denials: ‘It'll go away’, 'It's gonna leave, ‘It’s fading’

Trump repeats his promise that the virus will disappear as US passes another somber milestone of 150,000 confirmed deaths

As the US passed another somber landmark, with more than 150,000 confirmed deaths from Covid-19, the grim toll stands in stark contrast to Donald Trump’s repeated promise that under his leadership the disease would simply disappear.On 22 January the US recorded its first case of coronavirus. Two days later Trump told26 February: ‘It’s going to disappear’of infection, Trump told a White House press briefing: “When you have 15 people… within a couple of days it’s going to be down to close to zero.

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