Trump was anxious to organize a rally just a week after he was discharged from the hospital. Democratic congressmen: he is holding "another super communicator rally"
[Global Times reporter Xiao Da Qingmu, Zhang Wang, Liu Yupeng, Chen Xin] Five days after being discharged from the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, US President Trump made his first public appearance on the 10th local time.
Standing on the balcony on the second floor of the South Lawn of the White House, facing hundreds of supporters, he took off his mask.
In his speech, Trump claimed that "the epidemic is disappearing" and once again used the White House as a campaign stage to violently attack his opponent Biden.
On that day, there were more than 54,000 new cases of new coronary pneumonia in the United States and 618 new deaths.
This scene greatly disappointed many Americans. They thought that the experience of contracting the new crown virus would change the president's attitude towards the epidemic.
Compared with the rapidly rising number of infections, there are only more than 20 days left until November 3 and the polls are behind Biden by more than 10 percentage points. This is obviously the number that Trump values more.
The Trump campaign packaged his experience of being discharged from the hospital within three days into a campaign advertisement, and White House doctors declared that the president is no longer contagious, paving the way for a large wave of large-scale campaign rallies that will begin.
"National tragedy," Germany's North German Radio and Television Station lamented on the 11th. The US President's actions were shocking, but what is even more shocking is that there are still about 40% of the people in this country (referring to the poll support rate- Editor's note) Be prepared to support this madness.
Trump: You have a president who has been immunized
Hundreds of listeners huddled together with almost no social distance. Only two weeks have passed since the large-scale event called the "super spreading incident" took place in the White House. Nine days after Trump announced that he had tested positive for the new coronavirus... Trump, who was speaking on the balcony, painted another background.
"I feel great." Trump told supporters on the 10th.
On the same day, he again used the term "Chinese virus", claiming that the United States would defeat the virus.
"The epidemic will disappear. It is disappearing now." CNN said that last week, the number of new confirmed cases in a single day in more than 10 states in the United States hit a new high.
The New York Times commented that Trump returned to the stage with his iconic rant, and the offensive to downplay the virus threat has not changed.
However, what the White House called "peaceful protest to maintain law and order" was unusually brief.
White House officials said that the president will give a speech for 30 minutes, but Trump himself limits the time to 18 minutes. Previously, he generally had to give at least 90 minutes.
The Associated Press stated that Trump looks healthy, but his voice is hoarse, and he has a bandage on his hands that is suspected to be left after an intravenous injection.
This event caused many questions about security, and the Democratic Party even criticized Trump for this.
Senior Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff accused Trump of holding "another super communicator rally" at the White House, calling it "moral bankruptcy."
The BBC commented that the White House said that this was not a campaign, but whether it looked or sounded, the event on the 10th was like a campaign rally.
Since he was diagnosed with new crown pneumonia on October 1, Trump's campaign has stalled.
With only more than three weeks left before the election, he is eager to make up for the lost time.
In an interview with Fox News on the 11th, Trump defended his decision to deliver a speech, saying that he was "immune" to the new coronavirus.
He said: "You have a president who is immune, so now he doesn't need to hide in the basement like his opponent."
The White House insists that this is an official event, and is intended to respond to outside doubts that the president has crossed the administrative neutrality red line.
But at the beginning of his speech on the 10th, Trump called on supporters to use votes to drown opponents.
The Washington Post reported that in this highly politicized speech, Trump repeatedly named and attacked Biden, calling his opponents "radical socialist leftists" and "communists."
According to reports, the White House issued 2,000 invitations for this event, but only a few hundred people were present, many of whom were conservative activists participating in the rally of the "Black Secession from the Democratic Movement".
CNN said that the polls are seriously behind, millions of American voters have already voted, and Trump is trying to use "familiar intimidation tactics" to restore the decline.
The New York Times commented that this event is Trump’s latest effort to show that his condition is not as serious as the media said. It was previously reported that Trump received oxygen therapy.
According to the newspaper, Trump even wanted to design a plot for himself in order to show a good recovery.
When calling at the Walter Reid National Military Medical Center last weekend, he revealed that he was considering an idea: When leaving the hospital, Trump hopes to be weak when people first see him.
But he would wear a Superman T-shirt under his shirt.
When he tore off his shirt, the T-shirt that symbolizes strength was revealed.
However, Trump gave up this "gimmick" in the end.
The Trump campaign released its latest advertisement on the 10th to promote Trump's experience of being discharged from hospital in three days.
The US Political News Network reported that the advertisement stated that "President Trump is recovering from the new crown pneumonia, and the United States is also", urging the public not to fear this virus that killed 213,000 Americans.
"President Trump is facing the virus head-on, just as leaders should do." The advertisement then quoted the US "Captain of Anti-epidemic" Fauci as saying, "I can't imagine... who can do more."
Political News Network said that Fauci said this in an interview with Fox News. He was referring to the scale of the federal government's mobilization, not specifically praising Trump.
The latest poll: Biden's approval rating leads by 12%
The ABC and the "Washington Post" announced the latest joint poll on the 11th. The results showed that Trump's approval rating (42%), who is racing against time, still lags Biden (54%) by more than 10 percentage points.
Biden also has an advantage in key swing states, but the overall lead is smaller than the national average.
CNN lists 5 polls from different institutions whose deadline is after October, including the Pew Polling Center, Fox News, Ipsos/Reuters, CNN, and the Wall Street Journal/National Broadcasting Corporation, Biden’s The approval rate is between 52% and 57%, and Trump's approval rate is 39% to 42%.
Last month, Biden's lead was about 5 percentage points.
The Washington Post stated that the judgment of Trump's handling of the epidemic remains one of the main obstacles to his reelection.
Two-thirds of the respondents said that Trump did not take appropriate anti-epidemic measures.
After Trump was discharged from hospital, the White House speech described by his assistants as a "victorious return" showed that the virus that infected a large area of the West Wing of the White House did not change Trump's aggressive and unscrupulous way of governing.
According to the plan, he will start a series of crazy rallies until November 3.
On the evening of the 12th, Trump will first hold a large-scale rally in Sandford, Florida.
On the evening of the 10th, a few hours after Trump’s speech, White House doctor Conley issued a memo saying that the president “is no longer considered at risk of infecting others”.
The New York Times reported that Conley did not provide any details, nor did it state that Trump's test result has been negative.
Experts continue to question the true severity of Trump's condition.
According to the guidance of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), severely ill patients with new coronary pneumonia may need to be isolated for 20 days.
The newspaper said that in the next few days, the president's health is still likely to deteriorate.
Although the current poll results are not good for Trump, the outside world's interpretation of the election is still cautious.
"If it were not for Trump's confusion and carelessness in dealing with the epidemic, Biden's position would be much weaker." American political analyst Sabato told the British "Guardian" that the United States is too polarized.
The current situation is that many Trump supporters are discouraged after the first presidential candidate debate and Trump's diagnosis, and they simply don't want to participate in the polls.
After the results of the latest polls were announced, there was an interesting reaction on American social media.
Biden’s supporters left a message screaming “ignore it!” “Don’t be complacent!” CNN reported that although Biden’s polls are currently leading the way, many Democrats are still anxious.
After Trump's shocking victory four years ago, the trauma of Clinton's loss has still not healed.
Trump is likely to lose, and the loss will be large.
However, due to the possibility of a split between the general election and the Electoral College, he still has a considerable chance of winning.
"Don't be shocked if Trump conjures a rabbit out of his hat."
40 million Americans have been infected?
According to data from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of the evening of the 11th Beijing time, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the United States reached 7,709,628, and the cumulative number of deaths was 214,305.
On the 9th, the United States reported 57,420 new confirmed cases, the highest number of new cases in a single day in the past two months.
The confirmed data on the 10th marked the fourth consecutive day that the United States had more than 50,000 new cases.
CNN reported on the 11th that the recent increase in confirmed cases across the United States has made doctors worry that this may mean the start of a second wave of the epidemic.
Megan Lanney, a doctor of emergency medicine at Brown University, said: "We are seeing more and more patients with new coronary pneumonia coming to the emergency room. They are very sick and require hospitalization or even intensive care."
In a show attended by several former US CDC directors, Chris Morrie predicted based on a model from the University of Washington that the cumulative death toll from new coronary pneumonia in the United States will reach nearly 400,000 cases in February next year.
Tom Frieden said: "It is almost certain that at least 40 million Americans have actually been infected with the new crown virus." David Sacher believes that it is not irreversible now. He still has hope for a vaccine.
But Julie Gerberding emphasized that the key to vaccines is transparency.
"The U.S. government must start telling the truth and be consistent."
Can the Trump administration do it?
The German weekly "Focus" said on the 11th that observers had expected that the infection of the new crown virus would make Trump empathize, and the change of US epidemic prevention measures has become a turning point in the US fight against the epidemic.
But the result?
Trump is still Trump.
Germany's North German Radio and Television Station said that the infection with the new crown virus is called "blessing from God" and praised the miracle of drugs that have not been fully tested or approved... I hope this satire can be the last episode of the tragedy of the US epidemic.