Trump claims that China has to have the most coronavirus deaths
At Friday’s coronavirus task force briefing, President Trump claimed, without evidence, that China has to have the highest death toll from COVID-19.
Video Transcript
- China now says it's coronavirus death toll in Wuhan is 50% higher.
DONALD TRUMP: Yep.
- It's up to about 4,000. Does that sound like a credible number to you?
DONALD TRUMP: Well, you know, when I listen to the press every night saying we have the most, we don't have the most in the world deaths. The most in the world has to be China. It's a massive country. It's gone through a tremendous problem with this, a tremendous problem, and they must have the most. So today, I saw they announced that essentially they're doubling up on the numbers, and that's only in Wuhan. They're not talking about outside of Wuhan. So it is what it is, Steve. It is what it is. What a sad-- what a sad state of affairs.
