Donald Trump’s country passed the 100,000 Covid-19 death mark on May 28. The death toll is expected to reach 123,000 by June 20, researchers say. Some denounce the management of the crisis of the president of the United States.
The toll is mounting in the United States. With 101,621 deaths, the country has almost a third of the people who have succumbed to the new coronavirus in the world, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The bar of 100,000 dead had been crossed on May 28, and, unfortunately, the carnage should not stop anytime soon. According to an average of several epidemiological models carried out by researchers at the University of Massachusetts, the United States should deplore a total of 123,000 deaths by June 20, as reported by AFP, whose Le Figaro echoes.
For the time being, the State of New York alone has more deaths than in France, with the death of 29,529 people. In order to pay tribute to the victims, the flags were lowered there for three days. The states of New Jersey and Massachusetts are also very affected, with 11,409 and 6,640 deaths respectively.
“Trump has their blood on his hands”
Many of them point the finger in the media at the responsibility of the president in these sad data. “All these people didn’t have to die. The toll of Covid-19 is in itself a terrible judgment on Donald Trump’s response,” for example accused journalist Stephen Collinson on CNN, as noted West France. “There are 100,000 dead and Trump has their blood on his hands”also denounces the investigation site The Intercept.
It must be said that the one who supported the anti-containment demonstrations in April has long minimized the global health crisis. While a draft deconfinement continues in the United States, its president is in the register of the accusation rather than in taking responsibility. “Trump only ‘remembered’ the carnage after a morning salvo of tweets and retweets against the usual targets of his anger: Obama, the FBI, DA Mueller…”write our colleagues from West France.
Indeed, on May 28, he finally tweeted : “We have just reached a very sad milestone in the coronavirus pandemic, the death toll of which has reached 100,000. To all the families and friends of those who have passed away, I want to extend my deepest sympathy and love for all what these beautiful people stood for and stood for. God be with you!”. Before adding in another tweet: “All over the world, the coronavirus, a very bad ‘gift’ from China, is advancing. Not well!”.
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