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Next Year will be the greatest economic year in U.S History: Donald Trump

Washington
October 20, 2020

U.S President Donald Trump has predicted that the American economy will soon recover from the Coronavirus induced economic slowdown and that the next year will be the greatest economic year in the country's history.

Republican incumbent Trump faces a stiff challenge from the Democratic Party's presidential nominee, Joe Biden, in the November 3 elections. The handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, the economic condition and racial tensions have emerged as the main poll topics.

"Next year will be the greatest economic year in the history of our country, that's what going to happen," Trump said at an election rally in Arizona, a battleground state, on Monday.

The Coronavirus has claimed 2,20,119 lives with over 8.2 million confirmed infections in the U.S. The pandemic has also resulted in one of the greatest recessions and job losses in the country's history. Of the 22 million jobs that were lost in early spring, 11 million jobs have been recovered. The budget deficit is at an all time high of USD 3.1 trillion.

Acknowledging that the country was reeling from the impact of the Coronavirus, Trump promised his supporters that the country will soon get back to normal life.

"That's what we want, just a normal. Just seven months ago we want to get back and we will be better than that very soon, we build a foundation that so strong and you see what's happening, stock market through the roof," he said.

"We saved millions of lives by doing what we did and we built it (the economy) back up and it's a choice between the American dream or a socialist nightmare," Trump said as he continued with his criticism of Biden and his running mate Senator Kamala Harris.