Has the U.S. been a leader during the COVID crisis?

Brut America

"Of course, the U.S. remains the world leader in the pandemic."

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00:00How do you think the world is looking at the United States right now?

00:04I think the world is looking at us as a leader in COVID-19.

00:08I spoke with many of the leaders over the last four or five days.

00:12And so many of them, almost all of them, I would say all of them,

00:15not everybody would want to admit it, but they all view us as the world leader.

00:20And they're following us.

00:30How do you think the world is looking at the United States right now?

00:37How do you think the world is looking at the United States right now?

00:39We've been working very closely with the Americans

00:42to highlight what Canadians know very, very well,

00:45that the level of integration between our economies goes both ways across the border.

00:50There is much trade that goes back and forth in essential services,

00:55and it could end up hurting Americans as much as it hurts anybody else.

00:59How do you think the world is looking at the United States right now?

01:03Time is now.

01:07How do you think the world is looking at the United States right now?

01:11Bring your budget to the United States.

01:13Find out the state of the United States.

01:17USA's COVID response in the United States.

01:19They were seized in the United States.

01:24Paid for, but seized.

01:26trying to see exactly how that is going to, what is going to transpire.

01:30Ventilators are the most in-demand item in the world today.

01:34And Barbados is merely wrestling with the other 203 countries

01:39and territories around the globe, also seeking to secure

01:43as much of this piece of equipment as possible.

01:51But to think that now we're giving thousands of ventilators

01:55to other countries, allies and other than allies, to be honest.

01:58But we're helping other countries where people are dying

02:02because we have ventilators and nobody else does to this extent.

02:09We are making great progress on therapeutics and vaccines.

02:13I think you're going to have a big surprise, a beautiful surprise

02:16sooner than anybody would think.

02:25Global solidarity is important, and not just for this drug,

02:54but also for other drugs and for vaccines

02:57that are likely to be developed over the coming months.

03:00This is a test, I think, for for all of humanity.

03:20The World Health Organization has been very disappointing

03:23to the world. They've been disappointing.

03:26And we, as you know, paid 450 million dollars

03:30and close to 500 million dollars on some years.

03:33But for years and years, we paid far more than anybody else.

03:53The U.S. has the highest number of cases of covid in the world.

04:00Do you still believe the U.S. is a world leader on the pandemic?

04:03Of course, the U.S. remains the world leader in the pandemic.

04:08It almost goes without saying.

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