'It is what it is,' Trump says of rising coronavirus deaths as he insists outbreak is 'under control'

Axios national political correspondent Jonathan Swan began the interview by asking Trump if his sometimes "wishful thinking" and "salesmanship" were suitable during a crisis that has killed more than 155,000 people in the USA. A study in the journal Science found the various travel limitations across the globe helped slow the spread of the pandemic but more was needed to contain it."Well, it's here now, and you're the president," Swan said when Trump blamed China for failing to stop the virus. Trump said he thinks the outbreak is "under control." Swan asked how he could say that after the average number of daily deaths  climbed back up past 1,000. And it is what it is," Trump said. "You have to go by the cases." Swan pointed to South Korea, which has had 301 coronavirus deaths."You don't know that," Trump said of South Korea's death toll. Tulsa's top health department official said last month that Trump's rally, along with protests, "more than likely" contributed to another uptick in cases.Trump declined to praise civil rights icon John Lewis, who died last month from pancreatic cancer. The president's three predecessors honored the Democratic congressman at his funeral.Swan asked Trump how he thought history would remember Lewis, a leading member of the civil rights movement who was jailed and endured police beatings, spoke at the historic March on Washington and was a member of the original Freedom Riders."I don't know.