Corona election campaign: Trump attacks Merkel's course - US President escalates during an appearance

US President Donald Trump questioned Europe's handling of the corona virus shortly before the US election.

He considers the lockdown in Germany to be useless.

• The "second wave" in the coronavirus pandemic has arrived - and is affecting the whole world.

• The countries in Europe react and impose contact restrictions and (partial) lockdowns.

• US President Donald Trump * is

  meanwhile at an election campaign event about the Corona measures in Germany and Europe.

Newton -

has

gotten

through the

relatively well

: since it began,

in Germany have been shown to have been

with the virus and

are said to have

died

in connection with

.

In view of the rapidly increasing number of cases - the RKI

reported over

on Sunday

- the federal government was forced to take stricter measures to contain the

again on Wednesday

.

In a so-called

,

, among other things

close

from Monday (November 2nd),

but

should remain open.

Many

are now following suit.

While in

and

for example, stricter contact restrictions have been in effect for a little longer,

and

now

announced that they will

issue

a

in the coming days

.

The

lockdown in the spring has proven its worth

especially in

, so that the

has long been pleading for a renewed shutdown of public life in order to get the numbers under control and stop the exponential growth of infections.

Donald Trump criticizes Europe: Corona measures and lockdown useless

In the

, the

now in the final sprint.

To stay in office,

, who recently

infected

himself with the

virus, is using tough means.

Regardless of the

in his own country, shortly before the presidential election on Tuesday *, he questioned the effectiveness of the restrictions and Europe's handling of the virus in general - and also dealt polemically against Germany again.

"The skyrocketing cases in Europe have shown that draconian

- that's it, draconian - the virus does not stop," said the

on Saturday at a

in

.

Italy was in lockdown - and now everything is starting all over again.

Without naming the sources for his claims, Trump also said the

.

What exactly he means by this remains unclear, because excess mortality indicates how many more people have died in a certain period than in a comparable previous period.

Video: Trump promises: "We will never lockdown again"

Donald Trump: "Everyone thought Germany is doing well, well, well, well"

“And Europe did a good job, it's a very brutal thing.

Everyone thought

.

But they're not doing well, ”Trump continued.

“You can see what's going on over there, France again, Spain, Italy.

We're fine.

We just don't get any recognition for it, ”the incumbent

told his fans in Newton.

The current address follows a pattern, Trump

has been downplaying

the dangers of the

for months.

Even after his infection

with the virus, he is still resisting stricter preventive measures in the US, while medical care

groans

among the

.

With around

, the

hit hard by the Corona crisis *.

Every day, new sad records are set here in terms of

within 24 hours -

according to the

, the nation

already has more than 230,000 fatalities

in the

.

In relation to this:

there are currently around

in the

.

The European alliance

currently assumes around 223,000 people who have died in connection with the coronavirus in all

who provide it with data.