President Trump — who hamstrung the White House coronavirus task force, peddled dubious Covid-19 cures and publicly downplayed the threat of the disease — …
President Trump — who hamstrung the White House coronavirus task force, peddled dubious Covid-19 cures and publicly downplayed the threat of the disease — accused Joseph R. Biden Jr. on Sunday of leaning too heavily on the scientific community for setting pandemic policy. “He will surrender your future to the virus,” Mr. Trump said at his rally in Carson City, Nev. “He’s going to lock down, this guy wants to lock down.” Mr. Trump went into a brief imitation of a grave, serious person: “‘He’ll listen to the scientists,’” he said witheringly. Then he added: “If I listened totally to the scientists we would right now have a country that would be in a massive depression instead of — we’re like a rocket ship, take a look at the numbers,” apparently referencing a modest rebound in employment that has already begun to fade.
