Donald Trump praised himself over his response to coronavirus during a bizarre press conference in which he showed a White House-produced 'campaign' style video and ignored the 22,129 US deaths.
The president attempted to shame the likes of the New York Times for questioning his Government's response to the pandemic with a compilation video celebrating its efforts.
He also denied Anthony Fauci's job was at risk despite retweeting a call for the leading health expert to be fired. Trump also said a plan to re-open the country's shuttered economy was to be completed soon despite the worrying death toll.
Trump, who played down the seriousness of the virus in its initial stages, has since chafed at media coverage suggesting he did not do