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Trump: 20% unemployment amid coronavirus outbreak is 'absolute worst case'

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US President Donald Trump downplays warnings that the US unemployment rate could spike to 20 percent due to the coronavirus pandemic, saying the economy is "nowhere near" that point. SOUNDBITE

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