The CDC under Trump would appear to disagree, with 3.2 million deatjs projected for 2020, NOT 2.9 million as your graphic suggests.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-9173513/amp/2020-set-deadliest-year-U-S-history-3-2-million-total-deaths.html
2020 may have been deadliest year in US history with 3.2m deaths
Preliminary CDC figures suggest 2020 will be the deadliest year in U.S. history with a record 3,260,397, which is 15% higher than the 2,835,533 Americans who died in 2019.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-9173513/amp/2020-set-deadliest-year-U-S-history-3-2-million-total-deaths.html