Trump Has Bragged to Advisers That He Likely Stopped a Second COVID Wave

In the last month, President Donald Trump has urged states to send children back to school, demanded governors reopen their economies, and called for lockdowns to be ended. He has pushed forward with that strategy by, in part, telling Americans that the U.S. will likely have a coronavirus vaccine in the next few months, if not sooner. “We’re going to have a vaccine soon,” Trump said during a press conference with reporters Thursday afternoon….