The extraordinary combination of circumstances which saw the Covid-19 epidemic strike the United States under the first term of the most inexperienced and controversial president in contemporary history will not fail to interest historians. For the moment, while the death toll, which amounts to 75,000 dead, continues to grow, the reflexes of national union which had so far united the Americans during the periods of crisis no longer seem to work. Rather, Donald Trump's response to the pandemic has resulted in exposing, and accentuating, the deep divisions of American society.
Faced with the most serious crisis of his presidency, Trump has not broken his habits. It is even rather the opposite. Trump faces this unforeseen event as he did with his previous setbacks, property bankruptcies or various scandals. Following his instinct rather than the experts, blaming his predecessors, attacking the media, mixing candor
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