As coronavirus infections continue to rise nationwide, President Donald Trump repeated his dubious claim that the pathogen will just “vanish” one day.
During an interview with “ Fox News Sunday,” host Chris Wallace suggested Trump had actually slipped up when he specified in January and February that the virus had actually largely been contained.
On Feb. 10, Trump said the virus would “miraculously” go away by April.
” It’s going to disappear,” the president stated later on that month. “One day, it’s like a miracle, it will vanish.”
Meanwhile, his administration’s leading public health officials were sounding the alarm about the virus, which they alerted would likely have ravaging effect on American lives for months to come.
Since Sunday, the U.S. is leading the world in known coronavirus infections and deaths, with over 3.7 million cases and 140,000 deaths taped across the country, according to data assembled by Johns Hopkins University.
But Trump stood by his remarks throughout his interview with Wallace.
” I’ll be best eventually,” the president said.
Asked if such a statement, which has been debunked by many scientists, discredits him, Trump stated he didn’t think so.
” You know why it does not challenge me? Because I’ve been ideal most likely more than anybody else,” Trump stated.
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