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President Trump adjusted his strategy against the coronavirus on Monday, tweeting his desire for Americans to endanger themselves and others by going back to work far ahead of what has been recommended by public-health officials. But on Tuesday, the president made clear that theres one thing he isnt changing about his approach to the outbreak: blaming his administrations incompetence on others, particularly New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
During a Fox News town hall event in the White House Rose Garden, Trump ramped up his attacks on the governor, who has been a vocal critic of the federal governments sluggish response to the outbreak. In doing so, Trump said the quiet part out loud about how he views his relationship with states. Its a two-way street, he said. They have to treat us well, also. They cant say, Oh, gee, we should get this, we should get that.
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In other words, if governors want the federal government to help them combat the coronavirus, theyre going to need to be nice to the president first.
As of Tuesday, 50,000 people in the United States have tested positive for COVID-19, and just more than half of those cases are in New York. According to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the states case count is doubling every three days. We havent flattened the curve. And the curve is actually increasing, he said during a news conference Tuesday. The apex is higher than we thought, and the apex is sooner than we thought. That is a bad combination of facts.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-coronavirus-federal-assistance-new-york-cuomo-972467/
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