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NPR THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS U.S. Coronavirus Cases Surpass Summer Peak And Are Climbing Higher Fast OCTOBER 27, 2020 • 10:14 AM ET By Will Stone
Chart showing latest surge is biggest yet
With cooler temperatures comes a Covid surge: new US cases top 83,000, the most in a single day since the pandemic began. About 800 Americans are dying each day, and almost a quarter million have died so far. There is no vaccine and no cure. This new surge is hitting rural America especially hard.
He warns that Joe Biden, if elected will "listen to the scientists."
On Twitter, he mocks Fauci's form when he threw out a ceremonial Opening Day pitch - back in July.
Oct 19, 2020
The US death toll passes 220,000.
Trump says America is over the pandemic and repeatedly attacks Dr. Anthony Fauci.
“People are tired of Covid. People are saying, ‘Whatever, just leave us alone.’ People are tired of hearing Fauci and all these idiots," Trump says.
Joe Biden V @JoeBiden 40,000 people a day are coming down with the coronavirus. What is the matter with this guy? @ The New York Times & @nyti... 10/9/20 Breaking News: The White House is said to have blocked a CDC effort to require face coverings on airplanes, trains, buses and in travel hubs. nyti.ms/360gmWw 7:49 PM • 10/9/20
Biden's reax:
The NYT reveals that in July, Trump aides blocked the CDC from issuing a mandate requiring face masks on flights, buses, trains and subways, and in airports, train stations and taxis.
www.nytimes.com/2020/10/09/h...
In a prerecorded video, he tells Americans to "get out there." "Don't be afraid of it," he says. "Don't let it dominate your lives."
Despite being contagious, Trump does not replace his mask when greeted by mask-wearing staffers.
Donald J. Trump 8 @realDonaldTrump • Follow I will be leaving the great Walter Reed Medical Center today at 6:30 P.M. Feeling really good! Don't be afraid of Covid. Don't let it dominate your life. We have developed, under the Trump Administration, some really great drugs & knowledge. I feel better than I did 20 years ago! 2:37 PM • Oct 5, 2020
On Twitter, he dramatically downplays the virus risk, telling Americans not to fear the disease that has killed 211,000 so far. He portrays his illness - which aides later reveal was life-threatening - as a rejuvenating spa treatment. "I feel better than I did 20 years ago!"
Trump on the Truman Balcony, removing his mask for the cameras
After three days of experimental antiviral drugs unavailable to most Americans, Trump leaves the hospital to return to the White House. He takes the unusual route of climbing the stairs of the White House South Portico where he theatrically removes his mask, waving, saluting and giving thumbs-up.
A Secret Service agent tells CNN that Trump seemed to have no concern for his agents, two dozen of whom have already become sick after his rallies. "The frustration with how we're treated when it comes to decisions on this illness goes back before this though. We're not disposable."
Dr. James P. Phillips, MD @DrPhillipsMD • 1h Every single person in the vehicle during that completely unnecessary Presidential "drive-by" just now has to be quarantined for 14 days. They might get sick. They may die. For political theater. Commanded by Trump to put their lives at risk for theater. This is insanity.
Dr. James P. Phillips, MD @DrPhillipsMD That Presidential SUV is not only bulletproof, but hermetically sealed against chemical attack. The risk of COVID19 transmission inside is as high as it gets outside of medical procedures. The irresponsibility is astounding. My thoughts are with the Secret Service forced to play.
JQP @DrPhillipsMD Follow Today, I worked my final shift at Walter Reed ER. I will miss the patients and my military and civilian coworkers - they have been overwhelmingly supportive. I'm honored to have worked there and I look forward to new opportunities. I stand by my words, and I regret nothing. 9:22 PM • 12/27/20 From Earth
A top doctor at Walter Reed medical hospital, disaster medicine specialist Dr. James Phillips, tweeted criticism of the stunt. He lost his job.
Trump wearing a black facemask waving from his car
Trump waves from the backseat. A Secret Service driver and agent in the front seat wear facemasks
A handful of Trump supporters waving flags outside Walter Reed
Amid cable TV chatter of transferring power to Mike Pence, Trump shocks doctors by briefly leaving the hospital so his motorcade can drive slowly by a handful of flag waving supporters as he waves. He is accused of endangering the lives of the two Secret Service agents with him.
At Walter Reed, Trump begins taking the antiviral drug remdesivir. His blood oxygen dangerously low, he is also receiving dexamethasone, a steroid given to the most critically ill patients.
Notably, he is not treated with hydroxychloroquine or ivermectin, the quack cures he urged on his fans.
Donald J. Trump o @realDonaldTrump Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER! 12:54 AM • 10/2/20 From Earth
AP Trump, stricken by COVID-19, flown to military hospital
Oct 2 2020
In a 1 am tweet, Trump announces he has Covid, which has now killed 200,000 Americans. All campaign events are canceled a month before the election. Trump is admitted to the Walter Reed military hospital where he is given experimental drugs. His staff conceals that he lies close to death.
What the business news looks like Oct 1, 2020:
26.5 million Americans are unemployed - 837,000 lost their jobs just last week as Disney laid off 28,000 theme park employees, Allstate cut 3,800 positions, and American and United Airlines newly furloughed 30,000 people.
(He later denies he tested positive before the debate and then says he tested negative after testing positive. Chris Christie, who helped Trump with debate prep, blamed him for infecting him ahead of the Cleveland encounter. Christie nearly died.)
The Trump children - Eric, Ivanka, Tiffany, and Jr - sitting unmasked next to Rudy Giuliani and some other guy, who are wearing face masks.
Trump and Biden meet in Cleveland for a Fox News debate. Trump mocks Biden for frequently wearing a mask. He does not reveal that he and his wife had tested positive for Covid three days before the debate, where his wife and children all removed their masks contrary to venue rules.
My apologies. I jumped the gun on this: it was Sept 26
NYT graphic showing the people later diagnosed with Covid-19 and where they were standing. The list includes Trump, his wife, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former top Trump aide Kellyanne Conway, Republican Sens. Thom Tillis of North Carolina and Mike Lee of Utah, University of Notre Dame President John Jenkins and a White House journalist.
Trump packs the White House Rose Garden to announce he is naming conservative Amy Coney Barrett to replace the trailblazing Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court. It is later called a superspreader event: a dozen people in the unmasked crowd, including Trump and the First Lady, caught COVID.
Visiting the California wildfires, Trump scoffs at officials worrying about global warming.
Trump: "It'll start getting cooler. You just watch."
Wade Crowfoot, secretary of the California Natural Resources Agency: "I wish science agreed with you."
Trump: "I don't think science knows, actually."
Sept 2020
Weekly COVID deaths: 4,300
Sept 2024
Weekly COVID deaths: 535
www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vs...
From the NYT 9/11 2024 That argument had been what Mr. Trump's advisers had coached him to say in a handful of debate preparation sessions that they had studiously avoid calling debate preparation sessions, preferring to describe them as "policy time." They had hoped he would look directly at the camera and ask voters if they were better off now than they were four years ago.
Sept 2020
- Unemployment rate: 7.9%
- Americans out of work: 12.6 million
- Dow close sept 12: 27,534
- Tank of gas: $2.21
- Inflation rate: 0.5%
Sept 2024
- Unemployment rate: 4.2%
- Americans out of work: 1.8 million
- Dow close sept 12: 42,096
- Tank of gas: $3.2
- Inflation rate: 2.5%
Several hundred former aides to President George W. Bush and Sen. John McCain announce they are endorsing the Democrat, Joe Biden, for president over the Republican incumbent.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
Bannon in handcuffs
On his last day in office, Trump will pardon Bannon of all federal charges. However, a year later, Bannon will be rearrested on New York state charges for money laundering and conspiring to defraud the Wall donors. His trial begins later this year, after his prison term on an unrelated crime.
Bannon and Guo Wengui aboard the yacht in happier times.
Guo Wengui's yacht, the Lady May, which was boarded by the coast guard and federal agents who arrested Bannon.
Trump and Bannon
Aug 20, 2020
Trump's former chief strategist is arrested by the feds for ripping off Trump fans who donated $25 million to a bogus "build the wall" effort.
Steve Bannon is taken into custody off the coast of Connecticut when agents board a yacht owned by Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui.
U.S. ECONOMY Weekly Unemployment Claims Drop Below One Million for First Time Since March Number of people collecting unemployment benefits through regular state programs also fell at the beginning of August
<CNBC • WATCH LIVE ECONOMY U.S. weekly jobless claims fall to 963,000, first time below 1 million since mid-March PUBLISHED THU, AUG 13 2020 8:30 AM EDT UPDATED THU, AUG 13 2020 12:29 PM EDT
Aug 13, 2020
For the first time in months, fewer than 1 million people lost their jobs in the previous week. This is hailed as great news.
abc NEWS Biden and Harris make 1st appearance as historic Democratic ticket "America is crying out for leadership," Harris said at the event in Wilmington.
Joe and Jill Biden standing 15 feet away from Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff in a mostly-empty high school gym in Wilmington Del.
Tweet from Joe Biden showing him and Harris clasping hands joyfully with the caption "let's go win this"
politics | Live TV Harris makes case against Trump in first speech as Biden's running mate By Eric Bradner, CNN Updated 8:06 PM EDT, Wed August 12, 2020 Kamala Harris takes aim at Trump in first ca...
In a strange pandemic VP announcement, candidate Joe Biden introduces Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate in an empty hall - no cheering crowds, no waving signs. Keeping to health precautions at a time when 1,200 Americans are dying each day, the new ticket does not even raise clasped hands.
Conflated total deaths with daily deaths, sorry. Posting corrected version now.
Opinion | Trump sneered at the Civil Rights Act. We know why. Opinion by Jennifer Rubin August 5, 2020 at 9:30 a.m. ET
Trump questions Civil Rights Act two months after questioning end of slavery In June, Trump said the benefits of abolishing slavery were 'questionable.' By Oliver Willis - August 04, 2020
Trump says he'd done more for black people than any president since Lincoln. "Better than Lyndon Johnson? He passed the Civil Rights Act!" Swan asks. "Ask, how has it worked out?" Trump replies, suggesting he is skeptical of ending segregation.
Trump Assesses John Lewis's Legacy: 'He Didn't Come to My Inauguration' President Trump was asked by an interviewer to reflect on the late congressman's contributions to the civil rights movement. He talked up his own record instead.
Trump repeatedly refuses to praise the late Rep. John Lewis, saying "many others" also fought for civil rights. When asked how history would remember Lewis, Trump says, "he chose not to come to my inauguration."