trump:-us-covid-19-response-is-the-best-in-the-world

Trump: US COVID-19 Response Is the Best in the World

Axios

For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.We all know that Donald Trump is an idiot, so I’ve mostly stopped highlighting the idiocy-of-the-day from the White House. By now, you’re either convinced or you aren’t. But every once in a while Trump turns in a performance so jaw dropping that I just have to pass it along. Here is Trump talking about COVID-19 deaths with Axios reporter Jonathan Swan:

I need everyone to watch this. pic.twitter.com/eRPk7Dr1q5
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) August 4, 2020

As always, the question is: Is Trump really so deluded that believes this, or is he just willing to say anything to muddy the waters? Or both? It’s stunning either way.
For more, Inae Oh has a more detailed wrap-up of the Axios interview here.