Fact check: During Monday's coronavirus briefing, President Trump clashed with reporters and made a number of false and misleading claims
At CNN, we start with the facts. Visit CNN's home for Facts First.Trump repeated false claims about coronavirus testing and about the Obama administration's response to the H1N1 pandemic, baselessly dismissed a new report about hospital shortages of critical supplies, and played down early problems with a new small business lending program. He also repeated some of his old false claims about trade with China.
CNN reporter debunks Trump's claim about virus 01:18Plane passengers being tested for the coronavirusAsked about the possibility of restrictions on travel between coronavirus hotspots, Trump said:"There's also testing done when people get onto those planes and also when people get off the planes."Facts First: There is no evidence that plane passengers in the US are being tested for the coronavirus at all, let alone both when they get on and get off the plane.
Biggest trade dealTrump said,"We just signed a trade deal, it's the biggest deal probably ever made..."Facts First: "Biggest" is vague, but experts say Trump's"phase one" deal with China is not the biggest ever.
Trade deficitTrump said,"We had a deficit, a trade deficit, with China for years, of $500 billion, $400 billion..." Facts First: There has never been a $500 billion trade deficit with China. The 2018 deficit was about $381 billion when counting trade in both goods and services; the goods and services deficit fell to about $308 billion in 2019.The deficit with China has not been $500 billion even if you only count trade in goods and ignoring trade in services.
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