“We’ve tested more than every country combined.”
What Washington Post found
The United States has tested about 5 million people; the rest of the world has tested 25 million people.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (President) made this claim around 28 April 2020. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 30 April 2020, 2 days 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.
Two other organisations checked what looks like the same claim. Their ratings are listed below.
Also checked by
- PolitiFact: Pants on Fire“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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