Donald Trump Says America’s Rising<br />COVID-19 Death Toll ‘Is What It Is’ President Donald Trump recently sat<br />down for an interview with Axios’ Jonathan Swan<br />to talk about the COVID-19 pandemic. During the interview, Trump appeared to<br />grow defensive and frustrated when questioned<br />about the United States’ growing death toll. After claiming that the<br />pandemic was “under control,”<br />Trump spoke about those dying,<br />saying “it is what it is.” Donald Trump,<br />via CNN When pressed further about America’s death<br />toll, Trump refused to acknowledge COVID-19<br />deaths as a “proportion of population.” Instead, Trump repeatedly acknowledged the<br />deaths as a “proportion of cases,” effectively downplaying the devastating statistic. Donald Trump,<br />via CNN The U.S. currently accounts for<br />26 percent of the world's confirmed<br />COVID-19 cases, but only around 4.5<br />percent of the world's population.
