“We had a ventilator problem that was caused by the fact that we weren’t left ventilators by a previous administration. The cupboards were bare, as I say often.”
Donald Trump
President. in remarks at the White House. Claim dated 30 Apr 2020.
Washington Post rated thisFour Pinocchios
What Washington Post found
There were 16,660 ventilators in the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (President) made this claim around 30 April 2020. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 25 June 2020, 56 days later. Its rating was “Four Pinocchios”.
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-protecting-americ…
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