'Most Presidents would try to stop the United States from barreling toward disaster. But Donald Trump has nothing to say and no answers to mitigate a calamity unfolding on his watch that he seems resolved to ignore.
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As Trump shows no willingness to shift course and set a national example or lead a federal response to the virus, other medical experts are expressing fears that the coming July Fourth holiday could spark a similar spike in infections as appears to have been triggered by Memorial Day at the end of May.'
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Trump refuses to lead as pandemic worsens and allies desert him on masks, July 1, 2020
Context'Donald Trump has been the worst president this country has ever had. And I don't say that hyperbolically..''The pandemic is worsening – at home and abroad.''Larry Brilliant, epidemiologist said if 80% wore masks 80% of the time, Covid would go away.'