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A majority of Americans believe President Donald Trump was too slow to act on the Covid-19 global pandemic. A new poll found that 58% of people thought his response was too slow.
The ABC/Washington Post poll showed 51% of Americans approve of Trump’s handling of the Coronavirus, while 36% strongly approve. Less than half of respondents – 45% – disapproved of his actions.
President Donald Trump did not consult every member of the Coronavirus task force before sending a letter about potentially relaxing social distancing measures.
CNN’s Jim Acosta reported on Thursday that President Trump sent a letter to governors about easing restrictions without showing the letter to the entire group of experts.
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) has made it clear that he is going to delay the passage of the coronavirus aid bill, so Trump wants to kick him out of the Republican Party.
The United States now has the highest rate of confirmed coronavirus cases in the world at 86,000. As the White House grapples with heavy criticism regarding its delayed response, Donald Trump Jr. took to Instagram to share a racist meme about the crisis.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) says President Donald Trump “is not looking at the facts” of the coronavirus pandemic after the president said he doesn’t believe New York needs 30,000 ventilators to treat infected patients.
The Environmental Protection Agency announced it would suspend enforcement of environmental regulations because of the coronavirus pandemic. The EPA made the decision following “an influx of requests from businesses for a relaxation of regulations as they face layoffs, personnel restrictions and other problems related to the coronavirus outbreak,” according to The New York Times, which broke the story.
Leaders in both parties are pleading for help from the federal government, but this administration is refusing to step up.
Donald Trump may have not created the coronavirus, but his response to this outbreak has made the crisis much worse than it ever should have been.
These statistics show that the U.S. isn't even close to being out of the woods yet, despite the nonsense being peddled during Trump's daily briefings.
Trump is threatening to take away licenses from television stations if they air an ad that is critical of his response to the coronavirus.
Trump was asked what he is doing to prevent hate crimes against Asian-Americans. He answered I don't know then proclaimed himself close to Asians.
Trump claimed that he is not to blame for the record-setting unemployed that is happening because he bungled the coronavirus response.
In a letter to the nation's governors, Trump announced that he was changing the social distancing classifications by county which will increase the epidemic.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed a report that Donald Trump is trying to send US troops to the Canadian border.
Former DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson said that the Obama cabinet tried to warn the incoming Trump cabinet about preparing for a pandemic nearly 4 years ago.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has said the nation’s response to the Coronavirus must be led by science.
The California Democrat spoke to reporters on Thursday about the Covid-19 global pandemic and the $2.2 trillion economic rescue package. The Senate approved the package on Wednesday.
Former Vice President Joe Biden has unveiled his ‘emergency action plan to save the economy.’ The plan contains a series of economic and health measures.
The Democratic presidential candidate also took aim at President Donald’s response to the Covid-19 global pandemic.
President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign has threatened to sue TV stations airing a new political ad in key battleground states. The ad focuses on Trump’s attempts to downplay the Covid-19 global pandemic.
A new CBS/YouGov poll found that 66 percent of Americans believe President Donald Trump was not prepared to handle the novel coronavirus pandemic. However, 54 percent believe “are optimistic that his administration will be able to handle the outbreak.” The poll also found that 56 percent of Americans do not trust the president to give them accurate information on the crisis.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease and member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, says President Donald Trump’s plans to reopen the economy by Easter are ill-advised.