Trump preemptively defines 100,000 dead US-citizens as having done "a very good job".

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2. He does this all the time...

...it is one of his rhetorical tricks as a master of bullshit.

He frames the argument in his terms where he can come out the winner no matter what happens.

In doing ss he also shifts your focus away from remembering that he said the exact opposite only days ago.

He is trying to inoculate his administration for its upcoming failures in advance. 100,000 dead is now an amazing success! See how easy that is? If we only have 50,000 die his leadership was incredible!

Other rhetorical tricks:

Some people say...
Nobody could have predicted...
I've heard from some experts...

None of these phrases mean anything. They are devices to set up his bullshit.

It's about time people start calling him on it in real time to his face.