Trump claims 'total' authority over US in furious press conference, Bill Gates may have created coronavirus to microchip people – Roge

US President Donald Trump angrily defended his administration's response to the coronavirus outbreak on Monday in a contentious news conference at the White House in which he claimed “total” authority.

In response to questions about the rights of states to react to the crisis, which has killed more than 23,000 Americans, the president said he had the ultimate authority to re-open the largely dormant economy.

"The president of the United States calls the shots. If we weren't here for the states, you'd have had a problem in this country like you've never seen before," Mr Trump said.

"When somebody is the president of the United States, the authority is total, and that's the way it's got to be. ... It's total. The governors know that."

Mr Trump’s comments came as 10 US governors on the east and west coasts banded together in two regional pacts to co-ordinate gradual economic re-openings.

Dr Fauci earlier said lives could have been saved if the country had shut down sooner.

At the briefing on Monday, Dr Fauci said he was answering a hypothetical question in the television interview and made it clear that Mr Trump had listened to him when he recommended mitigation efforts.

Mr Trump said he and Dr Fauci had been on the same page "from the beginning" and declared he liked the respected doctor.

"I think he's a wonderful guy," Mr Trump said, while adding that not everyone was happy with the health expert.

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Popular Amercian Political lobbyist and President Trump’s Confidante , Roger Stone said Monday that Bill Gates may be involved in the creation of coronavirus so that he could plant microchips in people’s heads.

Stone said this while on a radio program “the answer” on 970 AM anchored by Joe Piscopo.

“Whether Bill Gates played some role in the creation and spread of this virus is open for vigorous debate. I have conservative friends who say it’s ridiculous and others say absolutely,” Stone replied to Piscopo’s question about conspiracy theories regarding the pandemic during the radio talk.

“He and other globalists are using it for mandatory vaccinations and microchipping people so we know if they’ve been tested. Over my dead body. Mandatory vaccinations? No way, Jose!” Stone told a fawning Piscopo, who referred to President Trump’s longtime adviser as “a legend.”

Shortly after the disease started taking lives, video and audio spread on Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp with claims that the introduction of 5G networks across the globe is the cause of the disease.

These unfounded claims suggested that the most powerful people in the world are behind a cover-up to spread the virus across the world.

It is claimed that 5G towers emit radiations which attacks the immune system, causing them to weaken, making it easier for people to contract Covid-19.

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