“We’ve tested more than every country combined," referring to COVID-19 diagnostic testing.”
What FactCheck.org found
Russia, Germany and Italy combined have done more testing than the U.S., according to Worldometer, which tracks global testing for COVID-19. Overall, 173 non-U.S. countries have been performed nearly 25 million tests.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (President of the United States) made this claim around 28 April 2020. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 29 April 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.
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.”
- PolitiFact: Pants on Fire“We’ve tested more than every country combined.”
Where the claim appeared
- whitehouse.govhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-supporting-nation…
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