President Trump claimed New Zealand is seeing a 'big surge' in coronavirus cases, on the same day New Zealand reported nine new cases, and the U.S. added nearly 42,000.
. But the U.S. president, speaking to supporters at an airport in Mankato, Minn., claimed New Zealand was an example of a country that had early success in fighting the outbreak, only to struggle now.
"In fact, even New Zealand, do you see what's going on in New Zealand? They beat it, they beat it, it was like front page, 'They beat it,' because they wanted to show me something," Trump said."The problem is, big surge in New Zealand. So you know, it's terrible."
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