US Election 2020: Trump and coronavirus

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🗓️ 5 October 2020

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

The coronavirus pandemic has claimed more than 200,000 lives in the US and there are more than 7 million confirmed cases. President Trump, whose approach to the virus divides opinion, has now himself tested positive. As Americans prepare to vote for a new president or give Donald Trump four more years, coronavirus is one of the issues that will inform voters' thinking. During the election campaign Nuala McGovern will be hearing from those Americans right across the country.

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Nulam Agavern on the BBC World Service,
0:03.7	and this is BBC OS, US election conversations,
0:08.5	Trump and coronavirus.
0:14.6	As the United States prepares to elect its next president,
0:18.6	we share conversations between Democrats
0:21.0	who want to change in leadership and Republicans
0:24.0	for whom the Trump presidency has made a difference
0:27.2	to their lives.
0:28.8	I think you could feel this positive energy of hope
0:33.5	and a feeling of self-sufficiency for many people.
0:38.3	It gave me hope that our children could have better lives
0:41.7	than we have.
0:45.6	Due to its size and economic power,
0:48.1	what happens in the United States always causes
0:51.2	ripples across the world.
0:53.6	And in these times of a pandemic,
0:55.8	the campaign ahead of election day on November 3
0:59.0	is far from typical.
1:01.4	But the week started with something familiar,
1:03.6	the first presidential debate.
1:05.6	It was a fiery affair, the like of which prompted
1:09.4	much discussion, as we'll hear later.
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