Since Election Day and for weeks prior, Trump has all but ceased to
actively manage the deadly pandemic, which so far has killed at least
244,000 Americans, infected at least 10.9 million and choked the
country’s economy. The president has not attended a coronavirus task
force meeting in “at least five months,� said one senior administration
official with knowledge of the meetings who spoke on the condition of
anonymity to share candid details.

Speaking about the pandemic response on Nov. 13, President Trump seemed
to suggest his might not be the administration facing coronavirus
challenges in future. (The Washington Post)

Now, as he fights for his political life, falsely claiming the election
was somehow rigged against him, Trump has abdicated one of the central
duties of the job he claims to want: leading the country through a
devastating pandemic as it heads into a grim winter.

“I don’t know that I think that’s where his focus is,� said one senior
administration official. “But I know that’s where our focus needs to get
back to.�

This account of Trump’s indifference and inaction on the newly surging
coronavirus pandemic is based on interviews with more than a dozen
administration officials, Trump allies, health advisers and others
familiar with the response, many of whom spoke on the condition of
anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.

Trump made no mention of the rising toll of the coronavirus in his Rose
Garden news conference on Friday.

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