What did Donald Trump predict about the pandemic on 10 Apr 2020?
Donald Trump, President of the United States ·
the minimum number was 100,000 lives, and I think we'll be substantially under that number.
100,000 U.S. deaths by late May
Trump said U.S. COVID-19 deaths would be substantially under 100,000. They passed 100,000 in late May 2020 and reached about 350,000 by year's end.
U.S. COVID-19 deaths passed 100,000 in late May 2020 and reached about 350,000 by December 31, 2020 (Johns Hopkins CSSE).
Prediction vs. outcome · Pandemic
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- White House Coronavirus Task Force press briefing.