US President Donald Trump delivers a press conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 14, 2020.insisted again Tuesday that the U.S. would have fewer coronavirus cases if it conducted less testing — even as outbreaks continue to surge across the nation and deaths begin to pick up pace.
"Think of this, if we didn't do testing, instead of testing over 40 million people, if we did half the testing we would have half the cases," Trump said at a press conference at the White House. "If we did another, you cut that in half, we would have, yet again, half of that. But the headlines are always testing."
Trump said that while coronavirus testing "is a good thing," it has also served as "fodder for the fake news to report cases." He said that if the U.S. didn't test people for Covid-19, then you wouldn't have "all the headlines" because the nation has one of the lowest mortality rate.The U.S. has more coronavirus cases than any other country in the world with more than 3.4 million out of the roughly 13.3 million global cases. While the U.S.
Average daily deaths in the U.S. peaked in mid-April at more than 2,400, based on a seven-day moving average. Fatalities had been on the decline since then, bottoming out at an average of just over 500 a day on the Fourth of July, but they've been rising ever since to an average of 700 Covid-19 deaths on Monday, according to Hopkins data.of U.S.
"We attribute this demand primarily to the rapid, continuing spread of COVID-19 infections across the nation but particularly in the South, Southwest and West regions of the country,"Hospitalizations across the country, which epidemiologists say could show the most severe outbreaks since they don't rely on testing, continue to hit new record highs indicating widespread community transmission.
So we should just stick our heads in the sand and ignore what’s going on around us. Seems rather childish to me.
And if we gave IQ tests to his followers we’d see a spike in morons too...
And we’d have some real leadership if you step down from office.
I'm gonna miss this comedy come January...He should replace Alec Baldwin on SNL when this nightmare is over.
Why so dumb.
Brilliant!
They're reporting the cases with or without tests!
That what many countries in Africa including Kenya have done. Have limited testing but due to limited capacity and resource allocation
Tell Trump medical professionals do not lie as he does. He thinks if he gets the reports he can fudge them. Trump is a liar, bully, ignorant fool. He should not be our president . They need to vote him out of office
what?
How fast can get gone! Why are we being subject to such idiocy?!?
How do people who still support him think this genius is good for the economy or country? He couldn’t find his way out of a corn maze at the county fair if he absolutely had to do it. This is hard to watch.
Math.
Duh. That's 1st grade math.
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Duh
😷
KarrenEricson If we don’t report the cases then we have none.
Same logic as... If news stop reporting corruption we would have a great government
LOL!!!
But of course. And ICU units would only be 50% full. Why would you test if you knew that testing would cause you to have the virus and be hospitalized. So by the same logic, the more we test, the more people die from it. Solution: Stop testing and people will stop dying!
Stable genius.
Or the administration can just intercept the data and cut the number in half...
Maybe you should pay people a thousand buck to get tested for Corona Virus. :P
FUCKTRUMP
No, he said you would see half the coronavirus cases, and he’s right. In no way did he condone that, you political bullshitters.
realDonaldTrump is irrational. We would have half the pregnancies if we had only half the women tested? I would weigh half as much if only I didn't jump on the scale? Trump is by far, the most idiotic human alive. TrumpCorruption
I don’t support trump but they are labeling more deaths as COVID-19 than we actually have....
There are no remaining words that can describe trumps incompetence.
Dip. Shit. Alert. 🧠
He'd rather lie, withhold needed information for tracing and watch you die.
As absurd as the president sounds, MAGAts happily repeat the corollary “We only have higher numbers because of more testing”.
If I don’t measure myself than I’m 6’ 4”
Bahahahahahaha
He’s smrt
It is interesting the imp. of language. Trump talks about how US has done more testing (total count) but then says they have the lowest mortality rate (complete lie, but also a rate). Because the US has not tested the most by rate and has the most death (by count). It matters.
Nurses are burning out quickly. Like they are doing back to back tours in war. Family life is crap. Staring at walls. Sad. Very sad.
he's so full of crap it's embarrising !
E teria metade dos mortos, se tivessem morrido metade das pessoas
Trump says water is wet
If CNBC is sending who a message? When the king is foux why promote his insanity? People read headlines and believe. Include the punchline
No words
Nice statement 😂
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He is what you call ' Brand New in Stupid '
Duh!
betterJournalismPlease
realDonaldTrump RexTillersonWH was absolutely right. MoronInChief
China is doing this for a long time. They avoid any testing for months LOl
Half as many detected cases. The actual number doesn't change. They still exist. Just not counted. Amount of sick people doesn't change.
We'd have the exact same number of cases, we just wouldn't know who was sick. That man is a danger to America.
Some countries tested millions a day still couldn’t catch up with USA on the number.
We all probably had this BS last year. now after the fact everyone and their mother has the positive antibodies to show positive on these BS tests!Older& immune compromised poeple been dyingfrom flus etc since the beg. of time. More older compromised will die now more than ever!
Is it really that difficult to understand what he is saying? Other countries have lower numbers because they do less testing. There, it's all spelled out for you.
Sounds logical. It's not what's actually happening though? We've not once slowed testing. Prove me wrong!
Very true...if I don't test for pregnancy I cannot be pregnant. Very smart. Not.
Ppl don't go get tested for shits and giggles, they go because they are unwell. This clown is acting like the entire population is being tested daily and for no reason
NO SHIT SHERLOCK ... GOOD LORD HELP US !
So, theoretically if the US stops testing it can have zero cases
Give him a cage
is trump thickor what..that is a stupid comment
What an idiot
he is part of the KKK clan
SandraNavidi is stupidity free in the white house? It seems to me that Trumpel only had to sing and clap at school. 😾😾
oh go figure and if you only thunk? What a joke this turd is.....flush the trump in Nov.
Coronavirus is lethal whether you test more or less.
Brainless talk 😂
Moronic.
Wait till Trump finds out what a quarter is.
It is extraordinarily difficult to believe that Trump passed even one academic class without his father's monetary assistance. He has zero understanding of anything. WhiteHouse realDonaldTrump
What he is saying is if you test 100 persons and 20 have the virus then test a million and 40 have the virus it doesn't mean number of infections have increased by 100 percent it could mean 20 percent rate has gone down to 0.004 Daily deaths down from 2000 to about 300 proves it
good mathematics!
Really? Mary Trump
Hahahaahahhahha
His ass would be half the size it is if he just stayed away from the scale-same logic.
Full disclosure: Not a real breaking news story but it would be if trump actually said the truth and admitted to this.
If you wouldn’t have done the testing then then it would have disappeared? Wtf 🤣 (This guy is the leader of the free world... Fuck!🤦🏻)
MORON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THAT IS WISDOM! 🤭👏👏😂
Then dont do any testing and the numbers of coronavirus cases will be none! Lol
To ignore the problem is not a way of solving it but to delay it
If I didn't take that pregnancy test...I wouldn't have this kid that's looking at me right now? Pure genius (wink, wink). Why don't they teach this stuff in school?
Idiot
It’s a great point. A point you MSM can’t understand.
US would have nearly no number of covid cases if it did half of the testing number now before end of March.
Mary Trump was right!
Donnie.....did you do that math all by yourself...or did one of your staff have to do that for you
Guy is a joker
So, as per Trump’s illogical babbling...U.S. would have half the number of pregnancies if it did half the testing!?
Good math🙈🙉🐒
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This guy is smart
🤦🏽♂️ this emoji doesn’t do my emotions justicd
No, we would know about less people being positive but they would still be positive. Maybe they want to be tested to get medical help? This man is insane. 25thAmendmentBeforeWeAllDie
So smart; he well represents 30% of America
LOLOLOL maybe even less if we had never tested.
woke af
I can't wait for the day when you don't have to report everything this moron says...
So don't test and you will have nothing to worry about.🤦♂️
This kind of circular logic is literally insane...
What an idiot.
And he still thinks China pays the tariffs he slapped on imports from China.
Testing is for finding the affected people. But masking, hand washing and social distancing is for preventing from getting affected. Prevention is certainly better than cure. Half testing full testing are political gimmickry.
Wtf!
Don’t do any testing - zero cases! Job done. It’s that Easy. Ebola cases : 4
Well, that is half right and half would therefore be all right, all right, all right.
WTFFFFF
Koi sense hai iss baat ki.....
This is how you top your class folks...form the bottom
Pure genius. What an asshole.
Just brilliant!
Btw realDonaldTrump is not the reason the stock market is up. It's us not him...he is wack
because apparently the virus works out who is being tested and only hits those people, good lord I cant believe some Americans actually think Trump has any brain matter
“The global village will have its village idiots and they’ll have global range.” ― Martin Rees,
Imagine how many people would be alive if we stopped checking for pulses.
I loathe this human being....
realDonaldTrump this is true, it is also true that the population of the US would be half if it weren’t for the census
And trump would weigh half as much if he ate half the Big Macs!?
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This man is an idiot. And anyone who still supports him and us planning on voting for him are idiots too.
You just can’t cure that.
If we don’t charge people with murder , there will be no murders ?
Brilliant realDonaldTrump . Again, thanks for the leadership and support.
What a idiot ? I mean really?
Imagine all the problems that could be solved if we just pretended they didn't exist ...
Science
Truth
This how Bonner County Idaho kept their case count at 4 for months. The hospital wouldn't test unless you were admitted.
2+2 would = half of 4 if it were 1+1
We would still have the same amount of cases... just half of them would be verified... the rest would just be a whole bunch of sick and dying people . Which seems to be what he wants
😡😡😡😡
Why does he keep saying that? The cases would still exist.
And that is EXACTLY what the bastard is trying to do....
Stop testing. No cases. And all deaths are doctors and hospitals out to get Trump.
What an idiot!
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If I don’t open my mail, I don’t owe my mortgage
He is so stupid, it boggles the mind.
Hahahahaha come on !
Close your eyes, the monsters aren't really there
What kind of brain does he have?
1+1=2 ...hmmmmmm
By his logic, if you do away with law enforcement, you have no crime. It's interesting that he applies his brand of fallacious reasoning and flawed logic selectively unless it's a deliberate attempt to cast doubt and spread misinformation for personal gain...
Now That is DUMB, even for Trump..
Don’t we need to identify those who are sick TO PROTECT those who are well?
Of course... but will that bring down the actual cases and the deaths?
Hey CNBC...how about calling him out on that one ?
Trump is right! Half the testing, half the confirmed cases! But he made sure free testing for everyone! Impossible thing for USA before, the country with very expensive testing price! Watch his Act! It's all selfish BLM protesters and Biden who spread COVID-19 this further!!!
True
I think we can get to zero corona virus cases if we just stop the testing ... just saying .. “logic”
He's been playing 4D chess while we're all playing checkers
The dumbest thing ever
Testing without wearing masks are exercise in futility
Trump actually does have a point here.. case in point.. many states today (eg. NJ) have had few new cases relative to population, however so many are now asking for tests with reopening, that NJ has an 8 day backlog to get test results = tons of positives even if NO symptoms..
The delusional asshole is on TV again telling us how testing is the problem, not the virus. Donald John Trump is a clear and present danger.
He's.. He's not wrong...
Can’t wait till he is gone from being president. I’m not a dem or republican. I can’t stand his fake bull shit.
So he does understand math. But science? Not so much.
Problem solved !
While he is imprecise with language frequently it’s obvious he means identified cases thru testing. Some cases would have been identified by physician visits without testing. Some asymptomatic probably not.
If you want a test you can get a test! Anybody can get a test tomorrow! It will just go away! It will just fade away! It will just go away like a miracle!
Why half ,, How about ZERO
this is not even true statistically. everyone should learn math well.
What are the odds that Faucci and Gates are actually the evil ones in all of this. Gates has wanted population control for decades. His father was on board for planned parenthood before it was popularized (Pop-Control). Grandfather was part of Fed Reserve. think qanon
Why is he still such an idiot? Can someone explain it again to him using SMALL words?
This kind of logic probably explains his business failures and bankruptcies. Maybe his sister, who did his homework for him, can explain it to him?
The dude keeps telling stupidities.
Trump continues to neutralize the Media Propaganda.
Isn't that basic math GodBlessYou
the stupidest thing I've ever heard.
So I’m guessing Trump thinks that if we do no testing the Covid-19 will just disappear
Shouldn't that be 1/100th?
If just call it a flu, you have no COVID-19
wtf , thanks trump you always lied with the crown
Hay! Does anyone have a video of a ostrich burying his head in the sand?
More brilliance from an asshole that can’t figure out how an umbrella works
Stupid as expected!
1 advocate for ignorance.
Prove him wrong, prove him wrong.
Why is this an article? To think someone probably gets paid more to come up with this garbage than people who actually work for a living.
Remember when Obama stopped testing for H1N1. It completely disappeared. 🤷🏼♀️
Embarrassing Logic 🤦♂️
I've never had a cavity in my life because I've never been to the dentist😂
...now your just piling on. You know he is confused about this, just move on. DontBeAHater
No shit Sherlock! realDonaldTrump What the hellwhy not just stop testing and your numbers go to zero.?. Pure genius.
That’s accurate
Keeps repeating the same lie until he and his supporters believe it's true
It is astonishing that someone who is stone cold dumb can become POTUS. On the bright side, only 6 more months until the worst President in the history of the U.S. is merely a disgraceful entry in our history books.
Says the half-wit.
Why are you wasting your data storage for idiotic comments don’t by this guy
A Wharton education is deep in math
I see idiot's but like this one never,this is nightmare,is this thing our president?shame on us,the more he talk the more he need to see doctor,I can't believe we elect this tragedy
This idiot is still on this!? 🤦🏾♂️
Lmao what’s sad is he thinks he’s right. Like if ppl aren’t tested then they don’t have it. clown
My god this man is insane with complete and total BS!
What an idiot. Even if it wasn’t confirmed by testing there will be still the same amount of people with corona. We just wouldn’t know the ball number of infected people. realDonaldTrump if I put my hands in front of my face, do you think I stopped existing? ToddlerPresident
😂😂😂😂😂 Trump is hilarious
if the mob wouldnt be out every night that would also help
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A total buffoon, literally costing thousands of American lives because he doesn’t understand Science.
Why are so many people getting tested if they are not concerned about having the virus? Do they have symptoms? Are they all curious? Why are people going to take the test if they are not wearing masks?
And hospitals would still be full
True statement.
If US did 0 test, problem would have been solved! Damn, how could people around the world be so stupid to not realize that? Congrats Americans, you have a stable genius in charge.
You just can't fix stupid
He is factually wrong. Cases exist before testing. Testing simply lets you know how many out there are now accounted for.
half the numbers, yes half the cases/infections...,no
Got a point there
You just couldn't make this up
Math checks out. Excellent work...
But how many cases if we had a quarter of the testing? A third? Golly fractions are so tough!
You simply cannot be this dumb, we would have the same number of cases we would just not know the number....think before you speak.
My kid just put 4 coasters on a table, covered 2 with her hands and said 'there are only 2 coasters on this table because you can't see the other 2.' Logic is hard for realDonaldTrump
He’s really good at math!
😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
Got the tip from the 'President' of Mexico
He is dumb as a rock, with apologies to rocks. But unless thrown or in avalanche, rocks are not a danger. Not so with DJT. McCainSuzanne rickwtyler gtconway3d ProjectLincoln McFaul RadioFreeTom SykesCharlie ses jheil
Now by having all hospitals send data to HHS instead of CDC, he will declare the COVID 19 pandemic is over.
A math genius indeed!
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No more checks at the border means no more immigrants right?!
Genius
Watch out, the orange one is learning CCP style.
Why he paid someone else to take the SAT test
Stable genius
Illogical.
Trump is an INCORRIGIBLE liar as that's very bad for USA therefore he must be Outvoted undoubtedly!
The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything.
Same insane comment, different day.
Such a stupid man
Lol and some fucking morons support this guy. Incredible.
This guy is mentally ill. We cannot get him out of office soon enough.
It’s called math people
and if we didn't do any testing, it would disappear totally.
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BECAUSE HE IS A MORON. What about this don't people get?
Does this idiot believe that testing increases infections? How stupid can a person be?
Why is this idiot still president?
Hahaha..... how can’t you not like this dude... he is so dumb but so funny
The fact is countries & states led by a Trump have among highest cases of C19 & numbers are still surging. US - realDonaldTrump Brazil - Trump wannabe jairbolsonaro Florida - Trump wannabe RonDeSantisFL. Terrible. Disaster. Failed!!!
Is this man serious, or is this his idea of a REALLY LONG STANDUP ACT?! .... He can’t really believe himself .... Can he?
And maybe he won't be president if we only count the blue states. Or the popular vote.
if he only pays half his taxes he's only half guilty
The stupid is strong with this one......
Smh
realDonaldTrump sad, sad. You are sick. TrumpIsNotWell
Such an idiot. There’s a reason why testing is backed up. It’s because this administration wants to slow down testing. Meanwhile people are getting sick and dying.
realDonaldTrump - Get a statistician PLEASE! The problem isn't linear and to be honest, it's embarrassing to have our POTUS POTUS 'think' like this. WGAF The tests are revealing bigger issues that will grow 'Bigly' in the fall as schools open. FLOTUS Help us!
Trump playing y’all like a fiddle everyday . It’s literally life shit happens just have fun or die trying!! Yolo
Facts are facts. 😂😂
That sounds logical, except I kinda don’t believe it since he’s the one who said it...
Time to replace the word dumb motherFkR with Trump
I heard anybody that needs a test gets a test.
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