LEADERS & LOSERS
May 29, 2020
4 minutes
COMPILED BY LAVERN DE VRIES
POOR PERFORMERS
DONALD TRUMP (73)
The American president has been handling the crisis badly, by most accounts.
The US has more than 1,5 million confirmed coronavirus cases, with a death toll of more than 90 000 – the highest in the world.
Trump was slow to enforce a lockdown and quick to push for reopening the economy.
He’s been blasted by scientists, medics and other world leaders. Even former president Barack Obama said the US government’s response has been “an absolute chaotic disaster”.
From the outset Trump downplayed the danger of the virus, reassuring Americans “it’s something we have tremendous control over”. He’s gone
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