“We have one of the lowest mortality rates in the world” — when the United States is actually among the highest. “99.7 percent [of] people are going to get better” — when the current scientific consensus is that the fatality rate is at least twice the 0.3 percent the president suggests. The virus is “going to disappear” — when there’s no evidence that will happen. “There’s going to be a funding problem … when they don’t open their schools” — even though Trump can’t cut that funding without congressional approval. ADADBut most pathetic was that, amid a recession and a pandemic, the president is obsessed with proving he’s actually really smart.

Source: Washington Post July 19, 2020 21:56 UTC