Daniel Dale

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Trump says we're probably heading to a death toll of 60,000 or 70,000. (One week ago, he said, "We could end up at 50 to 60.") — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump on Biden's prediction that Trump will try to find some excuse to delay the election: "I never even thought of changing the date of the election. Why would I do that. November 3." — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump says he has a "very good idea" on Kim Jong Un's health but "can't talk about it now." He says he has a very good relationship with Kim and repeats his claim that we would be at war with North Korea if he weren't elected. — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump: With "all of the death" -- "you can only say God bless them" -- our country is still in a very good position. — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump says Americans died "for reason of incompetence" or some other reason. He is talking about China. — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump predicts an incredible fourth quarter and 2021. He is boasting about how good the unemployment numbers used to be for minority groups -- again, his campaign rally speech except in the past tense. — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump: "They were just telling me inside, and it's fact," that I built the greatest economy in the history of the world. — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump asked why he wouldn't bring Flynn back into his admin if he is exonerated soon as some are claiming he will be: "General Flynn is a wonderful man. He had a wonderful career. And it was a disgrace what happened to General Flynn. Let's see what happens now." — PolitiTweet.org

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Pence, of course, did not say in March that they were going to deploy 4 million tests but that people wouldn't be able to use them. — PolitiTweet.org

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Reminded of his early March claims about 4 million tests being deployed by the end of the week, and asked what went wrong back then that'll go right this time, Pence says the question reflects a misunderstanding between tests being available and an ability to process the tests. — PolitiTweet.org

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Told that states have reported an increase in people taking disinfectant since his comments last week, Trump says, "I can't imagine why. I can't imagine why." Asked if he takes any responsibility, he says, "No, I don't." — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump reminded Fauci called for a doubling of testing: "We're going to have much more than double it" very soon. "Much higher than doubled on testing very shortly." — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump: The fact that people aren't allowed to have their freedom causes a tremendous amount of problems, "including death." — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked about Barr telling prosecutors to watch out for constitutional infringements with pandemic restrictions, Trump says you'll have to ask Barr, but Barr also wants people to go back to work and have their rights. "A lot of people would agree with him." — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump says West Virginia has now had virus problems even though it was "the last one to be hit." We really don't know the order in which states were hit. West Virginia had conducted extremely few tests at the time its numbers seemed very low. — PolitiTweet.org

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"We never took in 10 cents from China" continues to be very false. 1) Americans pay the tariffs. 2) There have long been lots of tariffs on China. It was an average of about $12 billion in revenue from such tariffs between 2007 and 2016. — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked how to hold China accountable, Trump says there are "a lot of ways," they're doing "very serious investigations," and "we are not happy with China." He says, "We'll let you know at the appropriate time." — PolitiTweet.org

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"We put a ban on China other than our citizens," Trump says. That's also not quite true. There were also exemptions for permanent residents, many of the family members of permanent residents and citizens, and some others. — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump on why he thinks it would be a "good thing" to move to open up schools: "Young people seem to do very well" with the virus. — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked for his best advice to governors on reopening, Trump says he wants them to do it as quickly as possible, but also safely. He mentions the school system, says "I think you'll see a lot of schools open up...I think it would be a good thing." — PolitiTweet.org

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Birx and Giroir have been outlining efforts to improve the testing system. — PolitiTweet.org

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"1917," eternally. — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump: A lot of countries are calling to find out how we're doing what we're doing on testing. (Trump is fond of uncheckable and vague claims about people calling him and saying complimentary things.) — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump: The US right now has "energy like people haven't seen in a long time. A spirit that they have not seen. We're doing very well, very well. Considering what happened to us..." — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump: "The testing is not going to be a problem at all. In fact, it's going to be one of the great assets that we have." (It has been a problem at least up to now.) — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump: The governors are as "thrilled as they can be" given that there's "so much unnecessary death." — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump: "The testing that's been developed and is being developed right now" is "truly an amazing thing." He's about to call up the executives he met with today. — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump again touts successes in providing a sufficient number of ventilators. He says, "You don't hear about ventilators anymore, except in a positive way." — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump says of the people who've died in the pandemic: We "grieve by their side as one family, this great American family. And we do grieve." — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump begins as usual by touting "encouraging signs of progress," including the number of new cases declining or stable in various cities. "We're seeing very little that we're going to look at as a superseding hotspot. Things are moving along," he says. — PolitiTweet.org