Lies about corona, ok I'll play
“when we get into April, in the warmer weather—that has a very negative effect on that, and that type of a virus.”
“It’s going to disappear. One day, it’s like a miracle—it will disappear.”
deaths by suicide “definitely would be in far greater numbers than the numbers that we’re talking about” for COVID-19
“Coronavirus numbers are looking MUCH better, going down almost everywhere,” and cases are “coming way down.”
The pandemic is “fading away. It’s going to fade away.” (June 17)
The pandemic is “getting under control.” (July 2)
“99%” of COVID-19 cases are “totally harmless.”
“We now have the lowest Fatality (Mortality) Rate in the World.”
Mexico is partly to blame for COVID-19 surges in the Southwest.
Children are “virtually immune” to COVID-19.
The U.S. has “among the lowest case-fatality rates of any major country anywhere in the world.” (Aug 27)
America is “rounding the corner” and “rounding the final turn” of the pandemic.
“You get better and then you’re immune.”
A CDC study shows that “85 percent of the people wearing masks catch” the virus.
"The Obama administration made a decision on testing that turned out to be very detrimental to what we’re doing,”
The Trump White House “inherited” a “broken,” “bad,” and “obsolete” test for the coronavirus.
The Obama administration left Trump “bare” and “empty” shelves of medical supplies in the national strategic stockpile.
“Anybody that needs a test, gets a test. We—they’re there. They have the tests. And the tests are beautiful” and “If somebody wants to be tested right now, they’ll be able to be tested.” (May 11)
America has “developed a testing capacity unmatched and unrivaled anywhere in the world, and it’s not even close.” (May 11)
“Cases are going up in the U.S. because we are testing far more than any other country.”
The United States would suspend “all travel from Europe, except the United Kingdom, for the next 30 days,” Trump announced in an Oval Office address. (March 11)
All U.S. citizens arriving from Europe would be subject to medical screening, COVID-19 testing, and quarantine if necessary. “If an American is coming back, or anybody is coming back, we’re testing,” Trump said. “We have a tremendous testing setup where people coming in have to be tested … We’re not putting them on planes if it shows positive, but if they do come here, we’re quarantining.”
“Everybody thought I was wrong” about implementing restrictions on travelers from China, and “most people felt they should not close it down—that we shouldn’t close down to China.”
The Trump administration’s travel restrictions on China were a “ban” that closed up the “entire” United States and “kept China out.”
“I’ve always known this is a real—this is a pandemic. I felt it was a pandemic long before it was called a pandemic … I’ve always viewed it as very serious.”
The coronavirus is “going to go away without a vaccine … and we’re not going to see it again, hopefully, after a period of time.” (May 8)
“We’re weeks away from a vaccine,” Trump said at the first debate. (like the healthcare plan!) (September 29)
There's more, but you get the picture.
He's totally right, Biden the private citizen could have marshaled the federal government even without holding elected office. It's not like Trump could have done anything more, he was just the president, what power did he have?
