(CNN) "There is nothing either good or bad," Hamlet tells his old childhood buddies in Shakespeare's play, "but thinking makes it so." "We're doing so well after the plague," he told thousands of students at a rally in Arizona, where Covid-19 cases are spiraling up. In reality, the number of new Covid-19 cases was increasing over the prior week's levels in more than 30 states by Friday. Dean Obeidallah observed: "Donald Trump loves packed campaign rallies, positive media coverage and not being the butt of jokes. Good news or bad, Trump's recent performance was roasted in a leading conservative venue, the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal.

Source: CNN June 28, 2020 12:33 UTC