“You have suicides over things like this when you have terrible economies. You have death. Probably — and I mean definitely — would be in far greater numbers than the numbers that we’re talking about with regard to the virus.”
Donald Trump
Claim dated 23 Mar 2020.
The New York Times rated thisThis lacks evidence.
In short
Donald Trump made this claim around 23 March 2020. The New York Times (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 26 March 2020, 3 days later. Its rating was “This lacks evidence.”.
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