- As death toll tops 250,000, Trump has failed by his own standards — It was almost exactly seven months ago when Trump said the pandemic's US death toll could be as low as 50,000. Today, it reached 250,000. https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/death-toll-tops-250-000-trump-has-failed-his-own-n1248129 101 comments politics