How are we going to get control of this pandemic? We’re not, says President Trump’s chief of staff

That’s White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in a heated exchange on CNN over the coronavirus and Vice President Mike Pence’s actions in the wake of his chief of staff and several other members of his inner circle testing positive in recent days.

“Because it is a contagious virus just like the flu,” Meadows said when pressed by CNN host Jake Tapper on why the U.S. won’t be able to control the spread. “We are going to control the fact that we get vaccines, therapeutics and other mitigation areas.”...