On the same day his surgeon general warns that the next two weeks could be tantamount to 9/11 and Pearl Harbor, Trump says tonight: “We are starting to see light at the end of the tunnel.”

Asked to reconcile the two sentiments, Trump says they aren’t “so different.” He adds: “We all know we have to reach a certain point - and that point is going to be a horrific point in terms of death. But it’s also a point where things are going to start changing.”

Fauci says the two views aren’t contradictory bc he says there’s a 2.5 week half lag over projections and says there will be a flattening out of cases. Uptick in deaths this week “is a reflection of what was happening 2.5 weeks ago.” Unclear when the end of the tunnel is