During the 2020 presidential election, Democratic nominee Joe Biden repeatedly slammed President Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic — and Biden’s messaging worked. Trump has been voted out of office, President-elect Biden won 306 electoral votes, and the former vice president defeated the incumbent by more than 7 million in the popular vote. Close to 300,000 American deaths have been reported due to COVID-19, though the real number is likely much higher and growing rapidly every day.
Regardless, Trump claimed, during a White House news conference on Tuesday, that his response to the pandemic was one of the greatest successes of his presidency.
Here are five of the wildest moments from that event: Continue reading.