President Donald Trump said on Friday that the United States had "largely overcome" the Covid-19 pandemic, which continues to claim around a thousand lives every day in the country. Commenting on the surprise drop in unemployment in May, the President of the United States praised the "strength" of the American economy. "This force has enabled us to overcome this horrible pandemic, we have largely overcome it," he said during a press conference at the White House.
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Call on governors to lift containment
"We have made all the necessary decisions," he said, while his management of the health crisis has been often criticized. According to the Republican billionaire, the United States has "taken a big step" in its "rebound", and the coming months will demonstrate that the economy, in full health before the epidemic and containment, will start again.
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He again called on the governors of the states where containment and other restrictions to contain the Covid-19 disease are still in force to lift them. "We want an end to outright containment in these states," he pleaded, assuring that the situation was good where the restrictions ended.