How did Donald Trump get his pandemic response so wrong?

Published: Aug. 9, 2020, 5:30 p.m.

While Donald Trump continues to claim the US is ‘doing very well’ in its fight against Covid-19, the figures suggest a different story. The US has the highest death toll in the world, with over 150,000 deaths. Guardian US chief reporter Ed Pilkington examines how Trump got it wrong