(CNN) The United States just recorded more than 77,000 new cases of Covid-19 , the most ever in a single day. Trump's intransigence is more notable since he's happy to use presidential power -- often in an anti-constitutional way -- in pursuit of personal and political gain. States such as South Korea suffocated the virus with aggressive measures while Trump was still denying its threat. On Thursday, he gathered Cabinet members and Republican lawmakers in the White House to celebrate the eradication of more "job killing regulations." Despite the frantic remodeling less than four months before election day, Trump claimed that opinion polls showing him trailing Democratic presumptive nominee Joe Biden by double digits were all fiction.

Source: CNN July 17, 2020 04:18 UTC