President Trump in a testy interview with Fox News’ Chris Wallace downplayed recent surges in coronavirus cases, defended his stance on Confederate-named bases and …
President Trump in a testy interview with Fox News’ Chris Wallace downplayed recent surges in coronavirus cases, defended his stance on Confederate-named bases and sought to attack his fall opponent, presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
Trump disputed polls showing him trailing Biden, eviscerating his Democratic opponent as “not competent to be president” and controlled by the “radical” progressive wing of the party.
He also complained about his inability to hold rallies in some areas of the country due to the coronavirus, accusing “Democrat-run states” of not allowing him to do so.
Trump’s appearance on “Fox News Sunday” — his first Sunday morning show interview in more than a year — comes less than four months out from the election, as polls show the president in an uphill race against his competitor. A recent poll found six in 10 voters disapprove of Trump’s handling of the novel coronavirus, which has infected over 3.7 million in the United States and taken more than 140,000 American lives, according to Johns Hopkins University.
The president described recent spikes in coronavirus cases as “burning embers” or “flames” and insisted exploding cases in the state of Florida would be “under control.” He also attributed the recent rise in cases — the U. S. surpassed a daily record of over 77,000 new cases on Friday — to an increase in testing, a claim that health experts have widely disputed.
