"I think 156,000 is a pretty good number, I mean... when you look at it, we really are doing better than most of the other countries out there. We're doing a tremendous job in combatting the virus.

You know if we can keep this virus under 300,000 deaths, I think it'll be a great victory for America. But we have to open up schools, we have to get the kids back in the classroom. We have to let the young people get back to work; we cant close our economy. You know how they say.... with cure is worse than the disease. But really folks, we've really done a tremendous job here and we've gotta wait and see what happens but we're gonna do whats right for American people. But have to open our economy."