President Trump defends himself from the media at his White House briefing.
say the power to lift orders that have shut down most states rests with the governors who imposed them.
The combative exchanges Monday came in the wake of stories in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Associated Press andthat recounted missed opportunities and slow responses by the Trump administration that probably increased the death toll from COVID-19. Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes of Health on Sunday said in an interview on CNN's"State of the Union" that imposing mitigation measures earlier"obviously" would have saved lives.
Trump's tone through the briefing showed the concern he and his allies feel about the criticism of his leadership on the most serious crisis of his presidency. He spoke hours after his presumptive Democratic opponent, former Vice President Joe Biden, was endorsed by his last rival, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.
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