Trump fixated on his own political fate as virus kills record number of Americans The president has remained largely absent on a pandemic of historic proportions. All the while, top U.S. public health experts have issued startling warnings. Asked Thursday what, if anything, the president was doing that day to address the pandemic, the White House did not offer any specifics. Asked about what he was doing Friday related to the pandemic, the White House did not respond. Instead, Trump's White House has become a poster child for behavior public health experts say will make the situation worse.
