Donald Trump flounders in interview over US Covid-19 death toll

President again says he is doing ‘incredible job’ fighting pandemic and casts doubt on Jeffrey Epstein’s cause of deathCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageDonald Trump visibly floundered in an interview when pressed on a range of issues, including the number of coronavirus cases and deaths in the US, his claims that mail-in voting is fraudulent, and his inaction over the “Russian bounty” scandal.The US president also repeatedly cast doubt on the cause of death of Jeffrey Epstein, and said of Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite who has pleaded not guilty to participating in the sex-trafficking of girls by Epstein, that he wished her well.Continue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - August 4, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Martin Belam in London and Joanna Walters in New York Tags: Donald Trump US politics US news World news Coronavirus outbreak Infectious diseases Science Ghislaine Maxwell Russia US elections 2020 Republicans Democrats Joe Biden Source Type: news