ADADIn an attempt to regain their political footing, Trump and his aides recently have sought to divert attention from the soaring number of coronavirus cases by focusing on the rate of deaths. In the Fox interview, Trump falsely asserted, “I think we have one of the lowest mortality rates in the world.”“It’s not true, sir,” Wallace replied. The White House relied on European data showing Italy and Spain doing worse than the United States but Brazil and South Korea doing better. When Wallace pointed out that coronavirus deaths in the United States were still about 1,000 a day, Trump said: “It came from China. Wallace told Trump that he tried the test himself after hearing the president brag about passing it.

Source: Washington Post July 19, 2020 22:00 UTC