Because of the corona pandemic, nobody is currently allowed to enter the USA from the Schengen area. President Donald Trump has now commented on the infection process in Germany.
- Donald Trump called the increase in corona infection cases in Germany "unfortunate".
- At the same time, the US President referred to the falling number of cases in the US.
- Trump is considering a G7 summit after the US election in November - he left it open whether because of the pandemic as a video conference .
Washington - The Sars-CoV2 virus * is not doing well in his own country either. US President Donald Trump * has nevertheless regretted the increasing number of coronavirus cases in Germany. “The seven-day average for Germany has unfortunately increased by 62 percent. This is really unfortunate, "said Trump * on Tuesday at a press conference in the White House. Trump also explicitly named high rates for France, Spain and the United Kingdom. But it remained unclear on what basis Trump's numbers were based.
The infections in the US , on the other hand , would decrease , said Trump. “It'll get a lot better over time,” he said. In fact, the number of new infections in the US, which has 330 million inhabitants, is no longer as numerous as it was in mid-July, but is still around 50,000 daily . The five million cases in the USA since the beginning of the corona pandemic * correspond to about a quarter of all cases worldwide. For travelers from the Schengen area , the borders of the United States are currently largely closed by Trump's decree . Exceptions apply to US citizens and holders of green cards .
Corona in the USA: Trump is considering G7 summit after US election in November
Trump now also had a new idea for the G7 summit postponed due to the pandemic .:He tends to hold the meeting of the heads of state and government of seven leading industrialized countries "sometime after" the presidential election * , said Trump at a press briefing on Monday. There will then be a “better, calmer atmosphere” than before the election.
The US is chairing the G7 this year . The summit was originally planned for June, but was then postponed by Trump due to the corona crisis. Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) * had previously canceled her participation. Shortly thereafter, rumors circulated that Trump should have called Merkel "stupid".
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G7 summit in corona pandemic: will Trump invite Putin a second time?
Trump left open whether the summit should take place as a face-to-face meeting or just as a conference call . He again promised that not only representatives of the G7 group of states but also other countries should take part in the summit: "We will invite certain people who are not in the G7."
This time Trump also left open whether he wants to invite Russian President Vladimir Putin . He announced this in June on the occasion of the postponement of the summit. After its annexation of the Crimean peninsula in 2014, Russia was excluded from the group of states, which reduced the G8 to the G7. In addition to the USA and Germany, the G7 includes France , Italy , Great Britain , Canada and Japan .
Trump spokeswoman: US President saved millions of lives in the corona pandemic
The Crisis Management Trumps in Corona pandemic is increasingly in the criticism still in July it had the White House spokeswoman , Kayleigh McEnany defended. "The president saved three to four million lives," she said at a press conference.
The White House has always made it clear that reopening the country will result in local outbreaks, "that we will see embers and sometimes fires," said McEnany. Far too little is said about the negative effects of the containment measures . McEnany gave no basis for the number of alleged lives she had saved. (dpa / frs) * Merkur.de is part of the Ippen digital editorial network.
