Remember when Donald Trump told the world that the United States wouldn’t be leading the world in COVID-19 cases if it wasn’t for the amount of testing being done? Well, he brought back that same claim on Monday while speaking at a roundtable on “Fighting for America’s Seniors.”
Trump claimed, “If we stop testing right now, we’d have very few cases, if any.”
.@realDonaldTrump, in a meeting at the White House, repeats his contention that if the US stopped testing for #coronavirus, there would be few if any cases left. pic.twitter.com/zJ0ZVJVErd
— Jeff Mason (@jeffmason1) June 15, 2020
Earlier in the day, Trump tweeted that testing made the United States “look bad.”
“Our testing is so much bigger and more advanced than any other country (we have done a great job on this!) that it shows more cases. Without testing, or weak testing, we would be showing almost no cases. Testing is a double edged sword – Makes us look bad, but good to have!!!” he said.
Our testing is so much bigger and more advanced than any other country (we have done a great job on this!) that it shows more cases. Without testing, or weak testing, we would be showing almost no cases. Testing is a double edged sword – Makes us look bad, but good to have!!!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 15, 2020
The United States leads all countries in COVID-19 cases by far with over 2 million cases. The country in second place is Brazil with over 850,000, according to Worldometers.
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