“Nobody knew there’d be a pandemic or an epidemic of this proportion.”
Donald Trump
President of the United States. White House. Claim dated 19 Mar 2020.
FactCheck.org rated thisExperts Have Issued Warnings
In short
Donald Trump (President of the United States) made this claim around 19 March 2020. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 20 March 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “Experts Have Issued Warnings”.
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.
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