Trump shrugs off the brutal jobs report, focuses more on Michael Flynn case

Trump was not asked about, and did not mention, the coronavirus pandemic until more than 15 minutes into the interview.The virus has killed more than 75,000 Americans.

The coronavirus-induced economic freeze has taken a historic toll, the new Labor Department figures show: 20.5 million workers were slashed from nonfarm payrolls in April, and the unemployment rate shot up to 14.7%.

The Great Recession peak was 10% in October 2009.

Trump lamented on Fox that he was forced to virtually “close the country,” but added that “if I didn’t, we would have lost 2 million, 2½ million [people], maybe more than that.”

“And we’ll be at 100,000, 110 [thousand deaths] — the lower level of what was projected if we did the shutdown,” the president said.

“Still, you’re talking about two Yankee Stadiums of people. It’s unacceptable.”

Article source: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/08/coronavirus-trump-says-democrats-dont-blame-him-for-brutal-jobs-report.html