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1.50pm BST
The president is most likely asleep at the moment, given that he arrived back at the White House from South Dakota at 4.11am ET. His Twitter account, therefore, lies momentarily dormant.
Here’s a taste of what White House chief of staff Mark Meadows had to say to reporters on the flight back from Mount Rushmore:
“I think it was a historic speech with a historic backdrop. The response that we’re getting from all across America is … one that … applauded the boldness, the directness, and, candidly, the resolve with which the president wants to make sure that the America that we have today and tomorrow is the America that we celebrate each Fourth of July.”
“He mentioned the pandemic. I don’t know that focusing on a pandemic is necessarily a topic that you would espouse on 4 July. It’s not to say that it’s … something that you ignore, which he didn’t, he acknowledged it.
“But at the same time, he’s put forth unbelievable resources to make sure that we address the Covid-19 virus. I’m confident that we’ll have a vaccine by this fall and we’re already seeing therapeutics being used more and more to start to lessen the death rate. And again it’s really a time for celebrating who we are as a nation – and that’s in good times and bad. There are still people wanting to come to America. They’re not fleeing America.”
Related: ‘Consigning his voters to sickness’: Trump fuels culture war over masks
1.31pm BST
Disturbing news from Seattle, where last night a car drove into a crowd of protesters on a closed portion of Interstate 5.
Two women were injured, authorities said. One suffered life-threatening injuries and the other had serious injuries. The Seattle fire department said the injured women appeared to be in their 20s.
Related: ‘We’re not going anywhere’: Seattle’s Chop zone dismantled but cause lives on
Continue reading…President says US under assault from ‘far-left fascism’Coronavirus infections near 130,000; senior Trump official sickSupreme court gives conservatives blues – what’s really going on?Sign up to our First Thing newsletter 1.50pm BSTThe president is most likely asleep at the moment, given that he arrived back at the White House from South Dakota at 4.11am ET. His Twitter account, therefore, lies momentarily dormant.Here’s a taste of what White House chief of staff Mark Meadows had to say to reporters on the flight back from Mount Rushmore:“I think it was a historic speech with a historic backdrop. The response that we’re getting from all across America is … one that … applauded the boldness, the directness, and, candidly, the resolve with which the president wants to make sure that the America that we have today and tomorrow is the America that we celebrate each Fourth of July.”“He mentioned the pandemic. I don’t know that focusing on a pandemic is necessarily a topic that you would espouse on 4 July. It’s not to say that it’s … something that you ignore, which he didn’t, he acknowledged it.“But at the same time, he’s put forth unbelievable resources to make sure that we address the Covid-19 virus. I’m confident that we’ll have a vaccine by this fall and we’re already seeing therapeutics being used more and more to start to lessen the death rate. And again it’s really a time for celebrating who we are as a nation – and that’s in good times and bad. There are still people wanting to come to America. They’re not fleeing America.” Related: ‘Consigning his voters to sickness’: Trump fuels culture war over masks 1.31pm BSTDisturbing news from Seattle, where last night a car drove into a crowd of protesters on a closed portion of Interstate 5.Two women were injured, authorities said. One suffered life-threatening injuries and the other had serious injuries. The Seattle fire department said the injured women appeared to be in their 20s. Related: ‘We’re not going anywhere’: Seattle’s Chop zone dismantled but cause lives on Continue reading…