Trump Gets A Fact-Check After Blaming Coronavirus On ‘Somebody A Long Time Ago’

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Trump Gets A Fact-Check After Blaming Coronavirus On ‘Somebody A Long Time Ago’
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The president's critics say he could've been referring to himself.

pandemic as “incredible” on Monday despite repeated missteps, including long delays in dispensing test kits. Then he attempted to shift the blame to a nameless “somebody” from “a long time ago.”“It could have been stopped and it could have been stopped short, but somebody a long time ago, it seems, decided not to do it that way. And the whole world is suffering because of it.

But given Trump’s own history and his administration’s delays in acting to slow the spread of the virus, critics were quick to point out that the president could’ve been talking about himself.” and on Feb. 27, he said the infection would disappear “like a miracle.” To date, more than 988,000 Americans have been diagnosed with COVID-19 and at least 50,000 Americans with the virus have died.

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