Trump news – live: President responds to accusations in John Bolton's new book as he dismisses rise in US coronavirus cases

Joe Sommerlad, Justin Vallejo
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Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House on Sunday 14 June 2020: Patrick Semansky/AP
Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House on Sunday 14 June 2020: Patrick Semansky/AP

Donald Trump is complaining he is being “Covid Shamed” after facing pressure to cancel his upcoming election rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, since the city’s health director, Dr Bruce Dart, expressed anxiety over the spread of coronavirus and the president’s own adviser, Larry Kudlow, admitted that attendees would be well advised to wear a face mask.

“Covid is here in Tulsa, it is transmitting very efficiently,”€ Dr Dart said over the weekend. “I wish we could postpone this to a time when the virus isn’€™t as large a concern as it is today.”

The president has also claimed the event, moved to Saturday out of respect for Juneteenth commemorations, has attracted 1m advanced applications for its 19,000 tickets, a total 2.5 times larger than the population of the city.

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