Trump says US efforts 'working very well' as coronavirus death trends continue upward

Continuing to offer misleading comparisons of the U.S. death rate compared to other countries, President Donald Trump in a news conference Tuesday evening said mitigation efforts are "working very well" and rattled off numbers he called "spectacular" on the country's economy and handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

"The great strength and great news is really for states like, in particular, Michigan and Ohio, South Carolina, Pennsylvania -- very good, Florida, little bit," Trump said, though the Sunshine State again neared its record-daily death toll Tuesday.

"Thanks to substantial improvements in treatment and the knowledge we have gained about the disease itself the recent rise in cases has not been accompanied by a significant increase in deaths," he continued in prepared remarks. "Fatalities nationwide are at roughly half the level of the April peak."

It comes on the heels of coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx, who Trump publicly criticized for the first time Monday, telling governors in a call to expect deaths to rise in hotspot areas.

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The man is a fucking idiot.