Trump Claims that the U.S. is “Doing Fine” as New Cases Surge

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer

“Ominous” signs Covid second wave is now hitting U.S. as deaths top 217,000 and cases near 8 million. The CDC is also projecting up to 23,000 more deaths by November 7. President Trump arrives in Miami as he and Joe Biden are set to hold dueling town halls tonight. Trump touts a “free hour” of network television even as he claims the town hall is a “set up”. Trump mocks Dr. Fauci, and ignores Covid restrictions at a North Carolina rally as state reports highest daily jump in new cases. Trump calls Michigan's Gov. Whitmer “A dictator” just days after a plot to kidnap her was revealed by the FBI. Trump falsely claims that 85% of people wearing masks catch Coronavirus. Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell nixes Trump “big” stimulus proposal as the President says he’d go higher than 1.8 trillion. Trump falsely claims Dr. Fauci, who has served under 6 presidents, is a Democrat. Dr. Fauci says that the U.S. should “bite the bullet,” and skip Thanksgiving family gatherings. 14 Public Health groups have now condemned the herd immunity proposal embraced by the White House. Alabama football coach Nick Saban tests positive for the Coronavirus, as the pandemic grips college football. Wolf goes one on one with journalist Bob Woodward. NY Times reports that early, private White House briefings on virus were much more dire than public messaging. Republican Senator Ben Sasse in a conference call to voters says, Trump “mocks evangelicals behind closed doors…flirted with white supremacists”. Sasse also said: Trump treated pandemic like a “PR crisis rather than a public health challenge. Coronavirus surge brings new restrictions in Europe. Tough new restrictions on indoor gatherings in Britain. Curfews begin Saturday in hard-hit French cities. Highest daily increase in Italian cases since March. For three years, the Feds chased a suspected foreign link to Trump’s 2016 $10 million donation, with extraordinary secrecy.

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