President Trump delivered another series of false and misleading claims at the White House coronavirus briefing on Thursday. Here is a preliminary roundup.
Washington President Donald Trump, who has been regularly dishonest and inaccurate in his remarks about the coronavirus crisis, delivered another series of false and misleading claims at the White House coronavirus briefing on Thursday.
Here is a preliminary roundup:Gov. Jay Inslee's comments and the media Trump denounced"the fake news" for a report that Washington Gov. Jay Inslee had clashed with him on a Thursday phone call and had told him that"we need Tom Brady" in securing critical medical equipment rather than the"backup" Trump had pledged to be -- using the football metaphor to urge the federal government to take a leading role in the effort.
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