Last April 10, US President Donald Trump spoke proudly of his administration's efforts to fight the Corona virus, and said that the total number of deaths could reach less than 100,000, "which would be a great success for our policy"; However, things then proceeded in an upward direction, unlike Trump.

And Trump - who was speaking at the daily press conference of the working group overseeing the effort to combat the virus - said that his country was going through a "peak spread of the Corona virus", when half a million Americans were infected and nearly 20,000 died.

More than two months after Trump stopped appearing in the press briefing on tackling the Coronavirus, the numbers of injuries and deaths continued to rise in the United States in a way that made it far ahead of other countries of the world, after confirmed infections reached more than 3 million, and deaths exceeded 130,000 Person.

This led President Trump to move further and further away from leading government efforts to counter the virus.

Last week, daily injury rates exceeded 50,000, according to Johns Hopkins University data, and injuries were concentrated in the southern and western states.

Deliberately ignore Trump

Trump's daily appearance in the White House statement about the virus has backfired, showing a decline in Americans' confidence in the president's leadership and supervision of anti-Corona efforts.

During two speeches marking the American Independence Day, the first of them delivered to the hills of Mount Rushmore, South Dakota and took 40 minutes last Friday, Trump devoted less than one minute to talking about the new Corona virus, confirming only that "Americans appreciate the efforts of doctors, nurses and scientists who work Without stopping to eliminate the virus. "

The next day, Trump spoke in the White House lawn in front of a large crowd of doctors, nurses, firefighters, and police, and he did not address the issue of the Corona virus except in one sentence in which he said, "99% of Coronavirus infections are harmless, and we will have a treatment or vaccine before the end of the year It is unclear what Trump relied on in this claim.

Trump apparently deliberately ignored news of high HIV infections, especially in Florida (where the Republican General Conference will be held next month), Texas and California, and instead spoke about issues related to maintaining law and order, who he described as left-wing radicals, and the need to protect the American historical legacy and statues Southerners, and his emphasis on protecting the US police.

Voter confidence

According to a US National Radio survey of 1,640 people in the last week of June, 56% of them believed that Trump had mismanaged the emerging Corona virus crisis.

The poll showed Democratic candidate Joe Biden led President Trump by 11 points in terms of voters' confidence in his preference for managing the Corona Virus Crisis, with 52% of voters trusting Biden, compared to 41% in President Trump.

Trump slipped unusually

With the onset of the Corona virus, Trump asked the Corona Virus Team to appear next to him daily at a White House press conference, a press conference that millions of Americans had feared of spreading the virus.

Trump sought to take advantage of the press conference to attack Democrats at one time and China again, and unsuccessfully tried to reduce the severity of the effects of the spread of the virus and the need to quickly reopen the economy, which contrasted sharply with the estimates of experts and stakeholders.

Since the last daily statement about the virus that he participated in at the end of last April, Trump appeared last Thursday for the first time speaking from the press center at the White House, not about the exacerbation of the spread of the new Corona virus, but to talk about positive numbers related to unemployment, where he said, "You will see a quarter Third (July, August and September) are excellent this year in terms of economic conditions. "

The advantages of not showing Trump

For doctors and health experts, Trump's frequent appearance of talking about the Corona virus has had negative results. He has repeatedly confirmed the effectiveness of the hydroxychloroquine used to treat malaria, and stated that "there is evidence that he is achieving success" and confirmed that his country has "29 million doses" Of this drug currently, and there is nothing to lose the patient if it is effective, and if not, then no harm. "

"If the drug proves to be successful, it will be a shame that we did not use it early," Trump warned.

However, the FDA rejected the drug after undergoing the necessary clinical trials that confirmed that hydroxychloroquine had severe side effects and should not be used at all before referring to the doctor supervising the patient.

Dr. Khaled Al-Shami, assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University, believes that "President Trump made all possible mistakes in his administration to confront the virus, as he initially confirmed that there are no major dangers, then an error occurred about effective drugs against the virus, and he did not retract the face mask, all of which were errors. Can be avoided. "

President Trump's top aides are hoping that his move away from the daily and detailed management of Corona virus efforts will be a good thing that could reduce the politicization of the virus issue.

In recent weeks, Trump has left the scene entirely to health experts and his deputy, Mike Pence, to talk about developments facing the virus.

But an official statement issued by the White House stressed that "some people believe that the president is not working around the clock to protect the health and safety of all Americans and lead the entire government’s response to this epidemic, including accelerating vaccine development and rebuilding our economy; it is completely wrong."

On the other hand, sources inside the White House told American news networks that President Trump is informed once per day of the numbers of Corona virus infections and deaths, but he does not attend any meetings related to combating its spread.

And those sources expected that Trump will make an exceptional statement to the American nation in the coming days about anti-virus efforts.

Republican Party adviser Seth Denson defended Trump's hiding in front of the battle against the epidemic by saying "Trump will be condemned and attacked in both cases: if he does something, and if he does not do it. It is difficult for Trump to emerge victorious in these circumstances."