[ars]

This is 95% the media, and 5% actual change. And 50% trump saying stupid things.

Basically: The US has not actually changed, but the Media really really really hates Trump, and Trump really knows how to say stupid things, which gives them lots of ammo.

They would do well to ignore most of what he says, but they can't help it: He sells lots of clicks.

Out here in the real world the US is not actually doing bad, the US response to the virus is not actually really bad (it's inline with other countries see: https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/mortality ).

This is basically just media desperate for clicks to sell ads. And they don't care about the collateral damage. (See my other post in this thread for more details about how this NYT article is a perfect example of the media badly representing things.)

[gdulli]

Only 8 countries in the world have a worse value than the US for per capita deaths. That's the data you're providing to support your statement that we're not doing badly? Should a country this rich be ranked at the bottom of the world in mortality?