President Donald Trump speaks on judicial appointments in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington, DC on Sept.
9, 2020. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images) WASHINGTON - As the coronavirus pandemic began bearing down on the United States in March, President Donald Trump set out his expectations.If the U.S.
could keep the death toll between 100,000 to 200,000 people, Trump said, it would indicate that his administration had “done a very good job.”In the coming days, the number of U.S.
deaths is set to clear the outer band of the president’s projections: 200,000, according to the official tally, though the real number is certainly higher.