REPORTER: When you look at the percentage of the population that has died from Covid, only 3 countries are worse than the US. How do you explain that?
TRUMP: "Well, I think actually the numbers are lower than others." (They are not -- this is a lie.)
TRUMP: "Well, I think actually the numbers are lower than others." (They are not -- this is a lie.)
Trump explains that the US coronavirus numbers are actually good -- if you take out the hardest hit states
Trump refers to TikTok as "TickTack"
"I've spoken to the leaders of the world, and they'll ask me about it. No country thought it's even believable that we're able to test so much ... they can't believe we're able to do it" -- well, i'm convinced!
"Florida is a very well-run state" -- Trump
"I think you have to do that election over" -- Trump makes completely unfounded allegations that fraud took place in a New York Democratic primary, then ends the news conference
REPORTER: You called the Beirut explosion an "attack." Are you confident it wasn't an accident?
TRUMP: "Well, it would seem like it."
(This, in case it needs to be pointed out, is totally irresponsible.)
TRUMP: "Well, it would seem like it."
(This, in case it needs to be pointed out, is totally irresponsible.)