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Donald Trump: “If we would have listened to you, the country would have been left wide open. Millions of people would have died, not…”

On the recordSeptember 29, 2020
If we would have listened to you, the country would have been left wide open. Millions of people would have died, not 200,000 and one person is too much. It's China's fault.
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Donald Trump
Republican · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Trump shifts blame for the COVID-19 pandemic to China, suggesting that his approach has saved lives.

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