“We have one of the lowest mortality rates in the world” from COVID-19.”
What PolitiFact found
The United States doesn’t have one of the world’s lowest mortality rates from the coronavirus. No fewer than 15 advanced, industrialized nations currently have a lower mortality rate, as do a host of other countries.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (president) made this claim around 19 July 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 20 July 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.
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
- foxnews.comhttps://www.foxnews.com/politics/transcript-fox-news-sunday-interview-with-president-trump
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