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Covid-19 crisis fuels huge US job losses as pandemic breaches White House

White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said the unemployment rate was likely to climb to around 20% this month

US President Donald Trump during an event in the White House AP/PTI

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Trump, seeking re-election in November, initially played down the threat posed by the coronavirus, and has given inconsistent messages about the expected duration of the economic shutdown and its consequences

Lucia Mutikani and Maria Caspani | Reuters Washington/New York

5 min read Last Updated : May 09 2020 | 10:30 PM IST

The U.S. government reported more catastrophic economic fallout from the coronavirus crisis on Friday as the pandemic pierced the very walls of the White House and California gave the green light for its factories to restart after a seven-week lockdown.

A day after the White House confirmed that President Donald Trump's personal valet had tested positive for the virus, Trump told reporters that Katie Miller, press secretary to Vice President Mike Pence, had also been infected. She is married to senior Trump aide and immigration policy hard-liner Stephen Miller and travels frequently with Pence.

The back-to-back diagnoses of individuals close to Trump,

Topics : Coronavirus White House US unemployment rate job loss US President Donald Trump Mike Pence

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