“If you look at swine flu …17,000 people died.”
Donald Trump
President. at a news conference. Claim dated 17 Mar 2020.
Washington Post rated thisNot the Whole Story
In short
Donald Trump (President) made this claim around 17 March 2020. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 27 March 2020, 10 days later. Its rating was “Not the Whole Story”.
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-vice-president-pe…
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