Trump on coronavirus death toll: 'It is what it is'

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Source: The Hill

President Trump said the coronavirus death toll “is what it is” during an interview with “Axios on HBO” broadcast late Monday. The president told Axios’s Jonathan Swan that the COVID-19 pandemic is “under control as much as you can control it” in the U.S.

“They are dying, that's true. And you have — it is what it is,” Trump said. “But that doesn't mean we aren't doing everything we can. It's under control as much as you can control it. This is a horrible plague.”

At times, the interview turned combative as Swan pointed out the data Trump was referencing measured death as a proportion of cases instead of as a proportion of the population. “I’m talking about death as a proportion of population,” Swan said. “That’s where the U.S. is really bad. Much worse than South Korea, Germany, etc.”

“You can’t do that,” Trump responded, prompting Swan to ask, “Why can’t I do that?”

Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/510393-trump-on-coronavirus-death-toll-it-is-what-it-is

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Trump also repeated the claim that the U.S. has counted more cases because it has conducted more testing.

[Gothmog]

1. trump is an asshole

[IronLionZion]

2. That phrase never made any sense to me

and always sounded pretty weak

[Dave Starsky]

7. It's the international term for "I don't know what I'm doing."

"And I don't give a fuck."

[Evolve Dammit]

9. It's like Melanoma's "I don't care, Do U?" Sociopaths. Every one of them.

[In_The_Wind]

3. It didn't have to get this bad.

[abenavraham2020]

4. I have suspected since the beginning

that they decided long ago not to really try too hard (and all the extra expense that would entail by "shutting down the economy unnecessarily) to combat the virus, and just wanted it to "wash over the masses" (as Boris in the UK initially proposed) to be able to "preserve" their economy (see Greg Abbot in Texas). I think they are only paying lip service to trying to fight this thing (because NOT paying at least minimal lip service - i.e. spin would be such bad optics for IQ45 and it is REALY so obvious that they are not trying to fight it). They don't really care how many have to DIE (after all it will only be a small percentage of the worker bees and once you have it and recover you can get back to the grindstone) as long as the vast majority are able to get back to work and keep earning the billionaire all there vast wealth AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!

[DeeNice]

10. Yup.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

5. When the populace will not comply, that is a recipe for disaster....

Where there are people who will not social distance, wear a mask, follow protocols, they spread this virus onto others. Louie Gohmert, that means you!

[Zambero]

6. He is who HE is

Consequently, it has become what it has become.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

8. He is who he is

A narcissistic moron. Unfortunately that moron has power over us.

[Javaman]

11. and if there ever was a great line to bury this piece of shit, that's it.

200,000 deaths. it is what it is

225,000 deaths. it is what it is

etc

[ck4829]

12. Kick