"Europe imposed draconian lockdowns and cases were surging and deaths were surging but think of it, draconian. I think I'll go over and explain it to them," Trump said at a rally in Michigan. The President went on to claim that places with strict lockdowns are where "the people that do the worst" with fighting the pandemic are. Germany, Belgium, France and Greece have also imposed additional lockdown measures aimed at combating the rise in coronavirus cases in those countries. The US is also seeing a surge in cases, with at least 31 states across the country having reported at least one record-high day of new Covid-19 cases in the past month, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

Source: CNN November 01, 2020 19:07 UTC