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Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 15, 2020
Trump announces funding halt to World Health Organization
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WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday (Apr 14) a suspension of US funding to the World Health Organization over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Trump, at a White House news conference, said the WHO had “failed in its basic duty and it must be held accountable.” Advertisement Advertisement He said the group had promoted
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 14, 2020
Trump says he is on same page with Fauci, is not firing him
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WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said on Monday (Apr 13) that he liked leading health expert Anthony Fauci and did not intend to fire him after Fauci said in an interview that earlier mitigation efforts against the coronavirus outbreak could have saved more lives. At a briefing with reporters, Trump said he and Fauci had been
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 14, 2020
Trump says plan to re-open shuttered US economy to be completed soon
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WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said on Monday (Apr 13) that his administration was close to completing a plan to re-open the US economy, which has been largely shut down to slow the spread of COVID-19. In his daily news briefing, Trump noted that the number of deaths from the virus in the United States had begun
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 9, 2020
Democrats tread carefully in attacking US President Trump on COVID-19
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WASHINGTON, DC: For weeks, President Donald Trump has dominated television coverage with daily White House briefings on the coronavirus pandemic, declaring himself a “wartime president” and touting his administration’s response. But Trump’s tendency to pepper his news conferences with misstatements, untruths and scientifically questionable advice has armed Democrats with a wealth of ready-made sound-bites to use
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 8, 2020
COVID-19: Trump says 110,000 ventilators will be added in coming weeks
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WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday (Apr 8) that the federal government had 8,675 ventilators in a national stockpile available to states who need them while another 110,000 are to be delivered in coming weeks. “I don’t think we’ll need them,” the president said, referring to the ventilators, in a White House briefing. Advertisement
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 7, 2020
Trump says WHO is China-centric, ‘really blew it’ on coronavirus
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WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump sharply criticised the World Health Organization on Tuesday (Apr 7), accusing it of being too focused on China and issuing bad advice during the coronavirus outbreak. “The W.H.O. really blew it,” Trump said in a Twitter post. “For some reason, funded largely by the United States, yet very China centric. We
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 5, 2020
Trump: ‘Going to be a lot of death’ in US next week from COVID-19
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WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump told Americans to brace for a big spike in coronavirus fatalities in the coming days, as the country faces what he called the toughest two weeks of the pandemic. “There’s going to be a lot of death,” Trump said at a briefing with reporters. Advertisement Advertisement He pushed back on criticism
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 3, 2020
Trump negative for coronavirus again, orders military to New York
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WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump said he underwent a second coronavirus test on Thursday (Apr 2), using a rapid diagnostic that produced a result in less than 15 minutes, and it determined that he has not been infected. “I think I took it really out of curiosity to see how quickly it worked,” said Trump,
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 3, 2020
Trump invokes Defence Production Act for ventilator manufacturing
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WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Thursday (Apr 2) invoked the Defence Production Act to aid companies building ventilators for coronavirus patients to receive the supply of materials they need. In a memo released by the White House, Trump directed the US Health and Human Services secretary to use his authority to help facilitate the supply of
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 2, 2020
Trump casts doubt on China’s coronavirus figures
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WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump cast doubt Wednesday (Apr 1) on the accuracy of official Chinese figures on its coronavirus outbreak after US lawmakers, citing an intelligence report, accused Beijing of a cover up. “How do we know” if they are accurate, Trump asked at a press conference. “Their numbers seem to be a little bit on the
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 1, 2020
Trump warns US headed for ‘very, very painful two weeks’
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WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Tuesday (Mar 31) warned of a “very painful” two weeks as the United States wrestles with a coronavirus surge that the White House warns could kill as many as 240,000 Americans. “This is going to be a very painful, a very, very painful two weeks,” Trump told a press conference
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 31, 2020
Trump says US to send medical supplies to Italy, France, Spain
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WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said Monday (Mar 30) that the United States will send medical equipment for combating the coronavirus pandemic to Italy and later France and Spain. Trump, speaking at his daily briefing at the White House, went into few specifics about the type of aid or the timing, but said a large quantity
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 31, 2020
Trump says COVID-19 guidelines may get tougher; 1 million Americans tested
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WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Monday (Mar 30) that federal social distancing guidelines might be toughened and travel restrictions with China and Europe would stay in place as he urged Americans to help fight the coronavirus with tough measures through April. Trump, speaking to reporters at the White House, said more than 1
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Commentary: Trump fights a two-front war on the coronavirus
SINGAPORE: Presidents such as Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt achieved greatness leading the US in war. Maybe that’s why so many other US presidents describe their actions in militaristic terms. Advertisement Advertisement President Lyndon Johnson declared a “war on poverty” in 1964. Seven years later, President Richard Nixon did the same with a “war on