The consistently inconsistent president told another journalist the comment was 'semi tongue-in-cheek.'
“I don’t kid. Let me just tell you. Let me make it clear,” the president told reporters before insisting the U.S. had the greatest testing program of anywhere.published Tuesday, Trump said the comment about cutting back on testing was “semi tongue-in-cheek.”He also repeated his claim that“No. But I think we put ourselves at a disadvantage.
Trump allies, including White House trade adviser Peter Navarro, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany and campaign spokesman Tim Murtaugh, subsequently attempted to do damage control, saying the president’s comment about testing was
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