Donald Trump’s top economic adviser claimed Monday that there would be no “second wave” of coronavirus cases. A day earlier, another Trump official had said the administration was hard at work preparing for that exact scenario.
Asked about the growing number of COVID-19 cases in the United States, National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow told CNBC on Monday that everything was under control.
“There is no second wave coming. It’s just hot spots. They send in CDC teams, we’ve got the testing procedures, we’ve got the diagnostics, we’ve got the PPE. And so I really think it’s a pretty good situation,” Kudlow claimed.
The number of new cases in the United States per day exceeded 30,000 on Friday for the first time since May 1. Continue reading.