Trump sat down with Axios's national political correspondent Jonathan Swan, which was aired by HBO this week. Swan grilled Trump about the US response to the coronaviruspandemic, with the US President insisting the US was "under control".
Swan, who continued to ask Trump what he meant, reminded the President throughout the interview "a thousand Americans are dying a day". Swan appeared confused by the President's responses, and photos of his perplexed reactions have gone viral.
The Axios interview has since gone viral with Swan praised for his prosecutorial questioning of Trump, as well as what many have said played out to be a sitcom-type scenario.
A particularly awkward part of the interview is where Trump begins waving different charts at Swan and explaining how his interpretation of death rate data makes the US a world leader in the coronavirus.
Holding a chart he tells Swan, "Here's one right here, United States. The number of cases – have a look. We're last. Meaning we're first."
Swan responds, "Last? I don't know what we're first in."
