“I think we’re doing very well, and I think that we have done as well as any nation. If you really look, if you take a look at what’s going on, especially now with all these flareups and nations that they were talking about.”
What FactCheck.org found
The U.S., by a variety of metrics, has not “done as well as any nation.” The outbreaks in numerous countries have been smaller and led to fewer deaths, even when including more recent upticks.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (President) made this claim around 3 August 2020. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 4 August 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
Donald Trump has 1,168 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 663 of them false or fake, 375 misleading or mixed and 13 true.
Where the claim appeared
- whitehouse.govhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-press-briefing-au…
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