//Many world leaders have held national coronavirus memorials for the dead. Trump hasn’t.

Many world leaders have held national coronavirus memorials for the dead. Trump hasn’t.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson pauses for a minute’s silence to honor health staff who have died during the coronavirus outbreak on April 28, 2020. | Stefan Rousseau/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

From China to Spain, world leaders are trying to remember the thousands lost during the pandemic.

It took President Donald Trump about a day before he said anything official about the United States reaching the somber milestone of 100,000 dead from the coronavirus.

“To all of the families & friends of those who have passed, I want to extend my heartfelt sympathy & love for everything that these great people stood for & represent,” he tweeted on Thursday morning.

It’s was a nice — though expected — gesture from the president, and adds to his order last week to fly American flags at half-staff in remembrance of those who’ve died.

But