总统先生，继续对美国和其他国家的死亡率进行误导性的比较唐纳德·特朗普在周二晚上的新闻发布会上，他说“强有力的缓解措施”是工作非常出色并喋喋不休地说着他称之为“惊人的”关于国家经济和处理冠状病毒大流行。
特朗普说，尽管他又是阳光之州:“伟大的力量和伟大的消息真的是为各州，特别是密歇根州和俄亥俄州，南卡罗来纳州，宾夕法尼亚州-非常好，佛罗里达州，一点点。”近了周二创纪录的每日死亡人数。
他在事先准备好的讲话中继续说道:“由于在治疗方面的实质性改进以及我们对疾病本身的了解，最近病例的增加并没有伴随着死亡人数的显著增加。”"全国范围内的死亡人数大约是4月份峰值的一半。"
它紧随其后冠状病毒应对协调员黛博拉·比克斯博士周一首次公开批评特朗普，他在电话中告诉州长们，预计热点地区的死亡人数会上升。
根据ABC新闻获得的会议录音，Birx周一表示:“我们确实看到，未来两周死亡率可能会持续上升。”
特朗普周二也继续吹捧国家的测试能力尽管有报告称在获得结果方面持续拖延。
“我们做了令人难以置信的工作和测试。世界上没有人做过这项工作。其他领导人也告诉我同样的事情。他们不能相信我们能够做到这一点，”特朗普声称。
面对约翰·霍普金斯大学将美国冠状病毒死亡人数在人口中所占比例列为第四的事实，特朗普告诉记者，他在这个问题上有“四五个不同的名单”，而美国是“最低的名单之一。”
他说:“实际上，我们的数字低于其他国家，我们的比例低于几乎所有的国家，在名单的底部，相对于案件，我们在名单的底部-这是一件好事，在名单的底部。”
尽管美国的冠状病毒病例激增，死亡人数上升，但特朗普在一份采访周一晚间在HBO播出的节目为他所说的“积极思考”进行辩护，并在大流行问题上加倍让步。
当阿西奥斯的乔纳森·斯旺用每天有1000名美国人死亡的现实向他挑战时，特朗普说:“他们正在死亡。”没错。你有——事情就是这样——但这并不意味着我们没有尽全力。一切尽在掌握之中。”
周二的简报正值白宫和民主党领导层就下一轮会谈进行磋商之际冠状病毒救援行动几乎没有进展的迹象。
财政部长史蒂文·姆努钦在周二与民主党人会谈后告诉记者，双方已经同意试图达成协议到周末。
美国广播公司新闻获悉，在与政府的谈判中，民主党要求为学校追加3000亿美元，是众议院5月份通过的3.4万亿美元救助法案金额的三倍，而共和党人则报告称，他们在自己的立场上还远未达成一致，这进一步增加了协议的难度。
在比尔缺席的情况下，特朗普说他仍在考虑采取行政措施，提到了对美国工人的驱逐保护和工资税削减。
周二下午，当被问及总统的决定是否仍在讨论中时，姆努钦回答说:“当然。”
Trump says US efforts 'working very well' as coronavirus death trends continue upward
Continuing to offer misleading comparisons of the U.S. death rate compared to other countries, PresidentDonald Trumpin a news conference Tuesday evening said "strong mitigation efforts" are "working very well" and rattled off numbers he called "spectacular" on the country's economy and handling of thecoronaviruspandemic.
"The great strength and great news is really for states like, in particular, Michigan and Ohio, South Carolina, Pennsylvania -- very good, Florida, little bit," Trump said, though the Sunshine State againnearedits record-daily death toll Tuesday.
"Thanks to substantial improvements in treatment and the knowledge we have gained about the disease itself the recent rise in cases has not been accompanied by a significant increase in deaths," he continued in prepared remarks. "Fatalities nationwide are at roughly half the level of the April peak."
It comes on the heels ofcoronavirusresponse coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx, who Trump publicly criticized for the first time Monday, telling governors in a call to expect deaths to rise in hotspot areas.
“We do see continuous, probably, rise in mortality over the next two weeks,” Birx said Monday, according to an audio recording of the meeting obtained by ABC News.
Trump on Tuesday also continued to tout thecountry's testing capabilities, despite reports of persistent delays in getting results.
"We've done an incredible job and testing. Nobody in the world has done the job. Other leaders have told me the same thing. They can't believe we're able to do it," Trump claimed.
Confronted with the fact that Johns Hopkins University ranks the U.S. fourth in coronavirus deaths as a proportion to population, Trump told a reporter he has "four or five different lists" on the matter and the U.S. is "among the lowest."
"Actually numbers are lower than others, we proportionately are lower than almost all countries, at the bottom of the list and relative to cases, we are at the bottom of the list -- which is a good thing being at the bottom of the list," he claimed.
Though coronavirus cases surge and deaths rise in the U.S., Trump in aninterviewthat aired late Monday on HBO defended and doubled down on what he called "positive thinking" when it comes to the pandemic.
When Axios’ Jonathan Swan challenged him with the reality that 1,000 Americans are dying a day, Trump said: “They are dying. That's true. And you have -- it is what it is -- but that doesn't mean we aren't doing everything we can. It's under control, as much as you can control it."
Tuesday's briefing comes as talks between the White House and Democratic leadership on another round ofcoronavirusrelief show little-to-no signs of progress.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told reporters after talks with Democrats on Tuesday that the two sides had agreed totry to reach a dealby week's end.
ABC News has learned that Democrats have asked for an additional $300 billion for schools in negotiations with the administration, three times the amount passed in May by the House in their $3.4 trillion relief bill, while Republicans are reporting that they are far from unified on their own position, further complicating the math for a deal.
In the bill's absence, Trump has said he'sstill considering taking executive action, mentioning eviction protection for American workers and payroll tax cuts.
When asked Tuesday afternoon if the presidential move was still on the table, Mnuchin replied, "Absolutely."
