“We’ve tested more than every country combined.”
What PolitiFact found
There is no reasonable way to conclude that the American system has run more diagnostics than "all other major countries combined." Just by adding up a few other nations’ totals, Trump’s claim quickly falls apart.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (U.S. president) made this claim around 27 April 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 30 April 2020, 3 days later. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.
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.
Two other organisations checked what looks like the same claim. Their ratings are listed below.
Also checked by
- Washington Post: False“We’ve tested more than every country combined.”
- FactCheck.org: False“We’ve tested more than every country combined," referring to COVID-19 diagnostic testing.”
Where the claim appeared
- whitehouse.govhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-supporting-nation…
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