US Media: "Trump Talks Only What He Wants to Believe, Not the Reality of COVID-19"

New York Times Omits Mention of 180,000 COVID-19 Deaths
Doubts Raised Over Year-End COVID-19 Vaccine Supply
Despite Being World's Hardest-Hit, US Praises Its Scientific COVID-19 Response

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[Asia Economy Reporter Naju-seok] Regarding Donald Trump's acceptance speech as the U.S. presidential candidate, mainstream American media paid special attention to his mentions related to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Some media outlets criticized President Trump for asserting what he wanted to believe as if it were fact.

On the 27th (local time), The New York Times pointed out that Trump did not even mention the fact that 180,000 Americans had lost their lives due to COVID-19 in his acceptance speech. In fact, President Trump expressed condolences by saying, "Many Americans, including myself, have sadly lost friends and loved ones," but he spoke vaguely without mentioning specific damage figures. He also described their sacrifice as "so unnecessary." Additionally, Trump used terms like "China virus" in relation to the coronavirus, which the NYT noted as racist language.

According to the international statistics site Worldometer, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S. reached 6,046,634. The U.S. has the highest number of confirmed cases worldwide, accounting for 24.5% of the global total of 24,615,938 cases. One in four confirmed cases worldwide is an American. The death toll is also the highest in the world at 184,796.

The Washington Post (WP) pointed out that President Trump put considerable effort into mentioning the supply of a COVID-19 vaccine within the year during his acceptance speech. However, unlike Vice President Mike Pence, who mentioned ongoing vaccine development in his vice-presidential acceptance speech, Trump used expressions such as "will produce" and "will have." WP noted that there is a difference between saying "development is ongoing" and "will produce."

CNN criticized Trump's evaluation of the COVID-19 response. Trump claimed, "Instead of following science, candidate Biden wanted to impose a painful shutdown across the entire country," and argued, "His shutdown would have been unimaginable and caused long-lasting damage." He stated that the current administration focused on science, facts, and data "to save as many people as possible."

In response, CNN pointed out that Trump was trying to make people believe what he wanted to believe rather than the actual reality. The network especially highlighted that more than 1,500 people gathered to listen to the acceptance speech, most of whom were not even wearing masks, and stated that Trump's claims were the exact opposite of reality.

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