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210K in US have died from virus. Now Trump says he 'gets it'

by Associated Press
| October 5, 2020 9:27 PM

WASHNGTON (AP) — Now that he has contracted COVID-19, President Donald Trump says he does “get it.” That revelation, seven months into the pandemic and after almost 210,000 American deaths, is not the first time he has relied on personal experience to shape his views.

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