Inaccuracies about the stock market. Baffling statements about a closed GM plant. Stating you can call coronavirus the flu. President Trump has continued the false and misleading claims that have become a part of White House briefings on coronavirus.
President Donald Trump on Friday continued the false and misleading claims that have become a part of White House briefings on coronavirus, wrapping up a week in which the number of confirmed cases across the country topped 100,000.We are still combing through the transcript, but here is the developing roundup: The real state of the stock market 22 days agoTrump claimed that 22 days ago,"everything was going beautifully" before the US got hit by what he calls"the invisible enemy.
You can read a full fact check here about warnings about the need for additional ventilators in a pandemic.The former GM plant in Lordstown, Ohio As he did on Twitter earlier on Friday, Trump suggested at the briefing that General Motors should manufacture ventilators at its plant in Lordstown, Ohio."...frankly, I think that would be a good place to build the ventilators, but we'll see," Trump said.Facts First: General Motors sold the shuttered Lordstown facility in November 2019.
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