Trump claims that he had no choice but to risk his own health. Americans disagree.

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Former New York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani called his old friends at the New York Post to pass along a message from his most prominent legal client, President Trump.

“I am the president of the United States. I can’t lock myself in a room,” Trump told the world through his lawyer Saturday. “I had to confront [the virus] so the American people stopped being afraid of it so we could deal with it responsibly.”

In a video message published on his personal Twitter account a few hours later, Trump offered a similar sentiment. Continue reading.