Washington, Oct 16 (AFP/APP):President Donald Trump gave a combative, at times agitated defense of his Covid-19 response Thursday while his election challenger Joe Biden — offering a glaring contrast in style in a rival televised town hall accused him of doing “nothing” to end the pandemic. The dueling appearances, scheduled at the same time on rival networks, showed Biden giving unflashy, often in-depth answers to voters in the audience, while Trump delivered a fiery defense of his presidency. Trump, who is well behind in the polls ahead of the November 3 election, was especially under pressure when it came to the coronavirus that has killed 217,000 Americans and inflicted deep economic damage. “We’re rounding the corner,” Trump insisted with his usual optimism, even as swaths of the United States see sharply rising caseloads. But pressed by the host of the NBC town hall in Miami, he became quickly frustrated, especially when he was asked about his previous lukewarm denunciations of extremist right wing groups in the United States. He notably refused to denounce QAnon, a bizarre conspiracy theory movement that believes Trump is fighting a “deep state” linked to a mysterious global elite running the world’s governments, while also trafficking … Continue reading Combative Trump says pandemic almost over, Biden says he did ‘nothing’