Trump brags about his border ‘records,’ hard work to contain covid-19

US President Donald Trump has taken credit for what he described as “records” in reference to the number of people coming into the country through the southern border.

"We just have set records for coming through the border. We're setting records now on not coming through the border,” he told his supporters at the National Association of Counties Legislative Conference rally in Washington, DC.

The president further enumerated his achievements in the crackdown on refugees and asylum seekers.

Closing southern border over coronavirus not on US agenda, Trump suggests

US President Donald Trump has suggested that the US is not about to close the southern border over the spread of the new coronavirus into the US.

“We've built 128 miles of wall. We've already got 100 and we have some going up in New Mexico just now. But we have 128 miles. And you think that was easy getting that thing? I could do anything,” he said. “I can rebuild a military for two and a half trillion. But if you want to spend ten cents on a wall, it was like you couldn't do it. They would shut down the country... We're building a lot work to 128 miles and we'll have close to 500 miles sometime pretty early next year.”

‘Working hard’ to contain covid-19

Trump also asserted that his administration is “really working hard” to contain the new Coronavirus outbreak in the country amid criticism against Washington’s response spearheaded by Vice President Mike Pence.

"As we speak, my administration is working very closely with state and local leaders to confront the Coronavirus. We're really working hard on it,” Trump said. “Vice President Mike Pence is leading the White House Coronavirus Task Force. He's doing a really fantastic job to. We have already met with state, county and health officials in 30 states and conducted regular briefings with governors to coordinate our response and contain the disease, and it just shows you what can happen.”

Pence was grilled by US Senators in a closed-door meeting Tuesday over the administration’s response to Coronavirus.

“Six weeks ago, eight weeks ago, you never heard of this. All of a sudden it's got the world a flutter," said the president.

Some US senators, including some of the president’s allies, have also voiced concerns over the administration’s response to the epidemic.

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