Every single way you can tell Trump World is lying about its latest COVID scandal.
55 years ago

Every single way you can tell Trump World is lying about its latest COVID scandal.

Slate  

Donald Trump and his former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows are peddling a new story about the ex-president’s coronavirus infection. On Wednesday, through a spokesman, he said of the Sept. 26 test: “The book is quite clearly referring to a ‘false positive’ rapid test the president received.” The spokesman added: “After the initial positive, received multiple confirmatory tests that came back negative.” On Thursday, Meadows told Newsmax: “If you actually read the book, the context of it, that story outlined a false positive.” He said Trump “had two other tests after that showed that he didn’t have COVID during the debate.” On Friday, in an interview with Real America’s Voice, Meadows asserted that Trump “had a false positive test. Not until the morning of Oct. 2, after Trump had tested positive for a third time, did Meadows acknowledge that the third test was “confirmatory.” Meadows has also lied about the Sept. 26 test. According to the New York Times, the former chief of staff writes in the book, referring to the debate, that “we’ll probably never know whether President Trump was positive that evening.” When Meadows tells interviewers that the book clearly describes a false positive result, he’s bullshitting. According to New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman, Meadows’ book says the positive test was done “on the old Abbott machine the White House had been using.” Abbott’s fact sheet about this product, known as ID NOW, informed users that it was “designed to minimize the likelihood of false positive test results.” The company reported a false positive rate of 0.02 percent—1 in 500.

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'A lot of lying': CNN fact checker tears apart Trump first press conference since election
3 weeks, 2 days ago

'A lot of lying': CNN fact checker tears apart Trump first press conference since election

Raw Story  

CNN's Daniel Dale fact-checked Donald Trump's latest news conference — and determined the president-elect told a lot of lies. "So there was a lot of lying from the president-elect at this press conference," Dale said. "Earlier in the press conference, he said over and over, I think three times, that during his presidency there were no wars, like, no wars, …

Pressed on false fraud claims, Trump cuts short interview
2 years, 11 months ago

Pressed on false fraud claims, Trump cuts short interview

Al Jazeera  

In the interview with NPR, Trump continued to make baseless claims he lost the 2020 election based on fraud. Former United States President Donald Trump abruptly ended an interview with US broadcaster National Public Radio after being pressed on his false claims of widespread election fraud in the 2020 presidential election. “And the only way it’s not going to happen …

Trump tested COVID-positive pre-debate, ex-aide says in book
3 years, 1 month ago

Trump tested COVID-positive pre-debate, ex-aide says in book

Associated Press  

Donald Trump tested positive for COVID-19 three days before his first presidential debate in September 2020 with Joe Biden, according to a new book by Trump’s former chief of staff. In “The Chief’s Chief,” obtained by The Guardian before its Dec. 7 release, Mark Meadows writes that the then-president received a negative test shortly after the positive test and resumed …

All the Places Trump Went After Secretly Testing Positive for COVID
55 years ago

All the Places Trump Went After Secretly Testing Positive for COVID

Slate  

Mark Meadows, President Donald Trump’s former chief of staff, has revealed new details about Trump’s coronavirus deceit. According to excerpts from Meadows’ new book, The Chief’s Chief—as reported by the Guardian, which broke the story—Meadows got word of the positive test result just as Trump was taking off on Marine Force One from the White House to Joint Base Andrews, …

Trump may have exposed ‘hundreds’ to COVID-19 by hiding his positive test: CNN
3 years, 1 month ago

Trump may have exposed ‘hundreds’ to COVID-19 by hiding his positive test: CNN

Raw Story  

Donald Trump may have exposed hundreds of people to the deadly coronavirus if his former chief of staff is correct that he concealed a positive test result, CNN said Wednesday. "His former chief of staff has said in a new book that Trump tested positive days before the White House at the time, the administration revealed that fact to the …

Trump lashes out after Mark Meadows’ new book reveals his previously unknown positive COVID-19 test
3 years, 1 month ago

Trump lashes out after Mark Meadows’ new book reveals his previously unknown positive COVID-19 test

Raw Story  

After a new report on what is revealed in a book by Mark Meadows, former president Donald Trump lashed out at the media for peddling fake news. "Donald Trump tested positive for Covid-19 three days before his first debate against Joe Biden, the former president’s fourth and last chief of staff has revealed in a new book," The Guardian reported. …

Trump's COVID bombshell: He was symptomatic three days before debate with Biden
3 years, 1 month ago

Trump's COVID bombshell: He was symptomatic three days before debate with Biden

Salon  

Donald Trump tested positive for COVID-19 just days before he was slated to debate with then-nominee Joe Biden, according to a forthcoming memoir by Trump's chief of staff, Mark Meadows. In the book, obtained by The Guardian, Meadows claims that Trump tested positive for the virus less than 72 hours prior to the first presidential debate, a result that would …

Trump was COVID positive before his first debate with Biden, says ex-aide Mark Meadows
3 years, 1 month ago

Trump was COVID positive before his first debate with Biden, says ex-aide Mark Meadows

LA Times  

Then-President Trump, left and Joe Biden during the first presidential debate on Sept. 29 at Case Western University in Cleveland. Then-President Trump tested positive for the coronavirus three days before his first presidential debate in September 2020 with Joe Biden and days earlier than that diagnosis was previously disclosed, according to a new book by Trump’s former chief of staff. …

The Guardian: Trump tested positive for Covid-19 ahead of 2020 debate with Biden
3 years, 1 month ago

The Guardian: Trump tested positive for Covid-19 ahead of 2020 debate with Biden

CNN  

CNN — Then-President Donald Trump tested positive for Covid-19 three days ahead of his first 2020 presidential debate with Joe Biden – though he also had a negative result in that same timeframe, according to excerpts from a forthcoming book from the former Republican president’s chief of staff reported by The Guardian. The previously unknown positive test is disclosed in …

Ex-White House official says Trump showed ‘flagrant lack of regard for public health’ in keeping positive Covid test secret
3 years, 1 month ago

Ex-White House official says Trump showed ‘flagrant lack of regard for public health’ in keeping positive Covid test secret

CNN  

Washington CNN — Former President Donald Trump showed “a flagrant lack of regard for public health” and endangered White House staff by not disclosing a positive Covid-19 test he received last year, his former communications director said Wednesday. “Full stop, this demonstrates a flagrant lack of regard for public health and for the well-being of others,” Alyssa Farah Griffin, who …

Biden on report that Trump tested positive for Covid-19 ahead of 2020 debate: ‘I don’t think about the former President’
3 years, 1 month ago

Biden on report that Trump tested positive for Covid-19 ahead of 2020 debate: ‘I don’t think about the former President’

CNN  

CNN — President Joe Biden on Wednesday had a sharp response to a reporter’s question on a report that suggested then-President Donald Trump tested positive for Covid-19 last year earlier than previously disclosed. Trump tested positive for Covid-19 three days ahead of his first 2020 presidential debate with Biden – though he also had a negative result in that same …

News orgs prove Trump’s outlandish claim wrong as they continue spotlighting coronavirus
4 years, 1 month ago

News orgs prove Trump’s outlandish claim wrong as they continue spotlighting coronavirus

CNN  

CNN Business — A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. Wednesday’s WaPo A1 features a map accompanied by a headline that warns, “Surge shows no sign of easing.” CNN’s homepage is featuring a story with a headline that reads, “Coronavirus hospitalizations in US reach an all-time high with more than 60,000.” And NYT’s homepage focuses …

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s claims on vaccine, election are wrong
4 years, 1 month ago

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s claims on vaccine, election are wrong

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Refusing to concede a presidential election he lost, President Donald Trump sought falsely to take full credit for drugmaker Pfizer Inc.’s announcement that its COVID-19 vaccine may be 90% effective, wrongly asserted the vaccine news was delayed until after Election Day to undermine him and repeated baseless claims of voter fraud. “It could be during the month of …

Trump election party draws scrutiny as guests test positive
4 years, 1 month ago

Trump election party draws scrutiny as guests test positive

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — At least three top Trump administration or campaign officials have tested positive for COVID-19 after attending an election night watch party in the White House East Room. The latest White House cluster, coming just a month after Trump’s own diagnosis and hospitalization, includes a top Trump campaign official as well as a handful of undisclosed White House staff, …

Trump official who visited No 10 and governments across Europe tests positive for coronavirus
4 years, 2 months ago

Trump official who visited No 10 and governments across Europe tests positive for coronavirus

The Independent  

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Fact check: Trump continues to falsely claim that spike in coronavirus cases is due to heightened testing
4 years, 2 months ago

Fact check: Trump continues to falsely claim that spike in coronavirus cases is due to heightened testing

CNN  

Washington CNN — President Donald Trump has claimed over and over in the past week – at campaign rallies, on Twitter and in an interview with “60 Minutes” – that the US is only seeing so many coronavirus cases because the country is doing so much testing. “To say that cases aren’t actually increasing is to deny reality,” Dr. Tom …

Trump Won’t Confirm If He Took A COVID-19 Test For His 1st Debate With Biden
4 years, 2 months ago

Trump Won’t Confirm If He Took A COVID-19 Test For His 1st Debate With Biden

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING President Donald Trump refused during a town hall Thursday to say when he last received a negative coronavirus test result before his positive diagnosis — despite being pressed repeatedly to clarify this point. Asked by NBC moderator Savannah Guthrie whether he was tested for COVID-19 on the day of the first presidential debate, Sept. 29, Trump said …

Here are 4 ways Biden team's response to positive COVID test shows the breadth of Trumpworld's incompetence
4 years, 2 months ago

Here are 4 ways Biden team's response to positive COVID test shows the breadth of Trumpworld's incompetence

Raw Story  

The Democratic and Republican presidential campaigns' response to the COVID-19 pandemic have differed vastly and their handling of internal outbreaks varies just as greatly. On Thursday morning, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's campaign announced that two staffers for vice presidential nominee Sen. Kamala Harris tested positive for coronavirus. Conley's statements also raised speculation that Trump may have tested positive at …

Melania Trump says son Barron tested positive for coronavirus, but experienced no symptoms
4 years, 2 months ago

Melania Trump says son Barron tested positive for coronavirus, but experienced no symptoms

Firstpost  

Donald Trump used his son’s quick recovery as a pitch to reopen schools, downplaying the infection’s severity by saying that Barron didn’t realise he had contracted COVID Washington: Melania Trump said Wednesday that her and the president’s teenage son, Barron, tested positive for the coronavirus not long after his parents, but had no symptoms. The president, speaking at a campaign …

Tracker: Key Trump Contacts Who Have Tested Positive For The Coronavirus
4 years, 3 months ago

Tracker: Key Trump Contacts Who Have Tested Positive For The Coronavirus

NPR  

Tracker: Key Trump Contacts Who Have Tested Positive For The Coronavirus Enlarge this image toggle caption Drew Angerer/Getty Images Drew Angerer/Getty Images President Trump and close to a dozen key members of his circle, including senior White House and campaign staff and Republican senators, have announced positive coronavirus test results in the days before and after Trump tested positive. These …

White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany Tests Positive For COVID-19
4 years, 3 months ago

White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany Tests Positive For COVID-19

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany has tested positive for COVID-19. President Donald Trump, several GOP lawmakers, and White House and Trump campaign officials have all reported testing positive in recent days. Early Friday morning, the White House announced that Trump and first lady Melania Trump had tested positive, shortly after top Trump aide Hope Hicks tested …

Donald Trump did not disclose a positive result from a rapid test for Covid-19 on Thursday
4 years, 3 months ago

Donald Trump did not disclose a positive result from a rapid test for Covid-19 on Thursday

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Donald Trump did not disclose …

Donald Trump didn't reveal a positive rapid COVID test while awaiting a full screening on Thursday
4 years, 3 months ago

Donald Trump didn't reveal a positive rapid COVID test while awaiting a full screening on Thursday

Daily Mail  

WHEN PRECISELY WAS HE DIAGNOSED WITH COVID-19? If Trump was 72 hours into his diagnosis, that would mean Trump was positive a day after the presidential debate with Joe Biden and positive during a Minnesota rally Wednesday and a fundraising event in New Jersey attended by 100 people Thursday The crowd that gathered for Trump's rally at Duluth International Airport …

Donald Trump says ’real test’ lies ahead in his covid-19 fight
4 years, 3 months ago

Donald Trump says ’real test’ lies ahead in his covid-19 fight

Live Mint  

President Donald Trump said from his hospital room that the next few days will be the "real test" of his treatment for COVID-19, after a series of contradictory messages from the White House caused widespread confusion about his condition. In a four-minute video posted on Twitter on Saturday from his hospital suite at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, a …

The world wants the truth about Donald Trump's health after his positive coronavirus test. Don't count on getting it
4 years, 3 months ago

The world wants the truth about Donald Trump's health after his positive coronavirus test. Don't count on getting it

ABC  

The stakes couldn't be higher. Trump's physician Sean Conley said early on that the President was "72 hours into the diagnosis". Less than an hour after the press conference ended, an anonymous source familiar with the President's health delivered White House reporters yet another contradiction: "The President's vitals over the last 24 hours were very concerning and the next 48 …

Five things you need to know about Trump’s COVID-19 infection
4 years, 3 months ago

Five things you need to know about Trump’s COVID-19 infection

Al Jazeera  

The US president’s diagnosis has thrown the US election into chaos as campaigning is halted amid fears of more infections. US President Donald Trump’s diagnosis as COVID-19 positive adds extraordinary drama to an already fast-moving and tumultuous election campaign. White House doctor Sean Conley said on Friday that the president was “fatigued but in good spirits” and was taking an …

What We Know About Trump Contracting The Coronavirus
4 years, 3 months ago

What We Know About Trump Contracting The Coronavirus

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING President Donald Trump announced early Friday that both he and First Lady Melania Trump tested positive for coronavirus, and that they will currently self-isolate. Amy Coney Barrett, Trump’s latest Supreme Court nominee, tested negative for COVID-19 on Friday, according to the White House. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett has tested negative, according to the White House., …

The Trumps Have Coronavirus. What Happens Next?
4 years, 3 months ago

The Trumps Have Coronavirus. What Happens Next?

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The president has repeatedly downplayed the threat of the coronavirus, even as more than 200,000 Americans have died, but experts have warned that at 74 he is already at a higher risk of falling seriously ill. Here’s what we know so far: Who takes over if Trump is too ill to work? U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, …

Trump Testing Positive for Covid-19 Reminds Twitter of When He Called it a 'Hoax'. But Did He?
4 years, 3 months ago

Trump Testing Positive for Covid-19 Reminds Twitter of When He Called it a 'Hoax'. But Did He?

News 18  

On Friday, the world woke up to some shocking news. I also hold extreme resentment and anger to a man who sat idly by as all of us, including myself, lost friends and loved ones as he insisted 1) it was a hoax 2) it would magically disappear and 3) that people who wore masks were fools.— Josh Gad October …

Trump has coronavirus: Celebrities react to the news and criticise president for 'science denial'
4 years, 3 months ago

Trump has coronavirus: Celebrities react to the news and criticise president for 'science denial'

The Independent  

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Donald Trump Tested Positive for Covid-19 and People are Trying to Cast Satanic Spells on Him via Internet
4 years, 3 months ago

Donald Trump Tested Positive for Covid-19 and People are Trying to Cast Satanic Spells on Him via Internet

News 18  

US President Donald Trump said, “The virus, it virtually affects nobody,” in September. As ironic as the famous last words sound, US President Donald Trump said late on Thursday that he and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for Covid-19 and have been quarantined after a top aide tested positive for coronavirus, in a shock development that disrupts his …

U.S. President Donald Trump tests positive for COVID-19
4 years, 3 months ago

U.S. President Donald Trump tests positive for COVID-19

The Hindu  

With just over a month to go for the Presidential election, U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump announced that they had tested positive for the coronavirus. Mr. Trump announced that he and Ms. Trump had begun their “quarantine process” as news of Ms. Hick’s infection broke and the Trumps awaited their test results. Mr. Biden’s last tweet …

Chuck Woolery Changes Stance On COVID-19 'Lies' After Son Tests Positive
4 years, 5 months ago

Chuck Woolery Changes Stance On COVID-19 'Lies' After Son Tests Positive

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Chuck Woolery had a change of heart this week about COVID-19 after his own son tested positive for the coronavirus. On Sunday, the former game show host claimed all the news about the coronavirus were “lies” simply meant to keep the economy from recovering before November. There are many people that think we shouldn’t do this kind …

Trump is not ‘kidding,’ he’s lying (Opinion)
4 years, 6 months ago

Trump is not ‘kidding,’ he’s lying (Opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Frida Ghitis, a former CNN producer and correspondent, is a world affairs columnist. Therefore, Trump said he told his people to “slow the testing down please.” Frida Ghitis CNN Because testing saves lives, his staff rushed to clean up the mess, with multiple officials claiming Trump was joking. But as the director of the US Centers for Disease …

Trump DENIES he was joking when he said he asked officials to 'slow down testing'
4 years, 6 months ago

Trump DENIES he was joking when he said he asked officials to 'slow down testing'

Daily Mail  

President Trump denied joking about slowing down coronavirus testing - instead doubling down on his claim that the upswing in COVID-19 cases in the United States is due to more testing. On Saturday night at his Tulsa rally, Trump made a similar point and also said that he told his people, 'slow the testing down, please,' in order for the …

Trump just spouted off one bizarre claim after another in a Wall Street Journal interview -- here are the highlights
4 years, 6 months ago

Trump just spouted off one bizarre claim after another in a Wall Street Journal interview -- here are the highlights

Raw Story  

President Donald Trump on Thursday gave an interview to the Wall Street Journal in which he made a number of outlandish claims about the Chinese government, former national security adviser John Bolton, and even people who wear face masks. Trump told WSJ that there was "a chance" that the spread of COVID-19 outside China "was intentional," and he suggested that …

Fact check: Trump’s 654 false claims during the coronavirus pandemic
4 years, 7 months ago

Fact check: Trump’s 654 false claims during the coronavirus pandemic

CNN  

Washington CNN — President Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has been deeply dishonest. Trump made as many false claims at some of his official pandemic task force briefings as he does in some of his rally speeches. Over the 14 weeks from the Monday his coronavirus task force started meeting, January 27, through Sunday, May 3, he made …

Coronavirus test touted by Trump produces many false negatives: Study
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus test touted by Trump produces many false negatives: Study

India Today  

A rapid coronavirus test touted by President Donald Trump and used to test White House officials produces false negatives in almost half of all cases, according to new study by researchers at NYU Langone Health. The researchers found that the Abbott test produced false negatives about a third of the time when virus sample taken using a nasal swab was …

Fact check: Trump falsely claims, again, that anybody who wants a test can get one
4 years, 7 months ago

Fact check: Trump falsely claims, again, that anybody who wants a test can get one

CNN  

Washington CNN — On Monday, President Donald Trump made the same claim about coronavirus testing that he did in early March. “If somebody wants to be tested right now,” Trump said at a Monday news conference, “they’ll be able to be tested.” Two months later, it’s still not true. Trump was implicitly corrected Monday by assistant secretary for health Brett …

Trump falsely claims he never said US could test 5m a day for Covid-19 ‘very soon’
4 years, 8 months ago

Trump falsely claims he never said US could test 5m a day for Covid-19 ‘very soon’

The Independent  

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Fact check: Trump’s Saturday coronavirus briefing was littered with false claims, old and new
4 years, 8 months ago

Fact check: Trump’s Saturday coronavirus briefing was littered with false claims, old and new

CNN  

Washington CNN — It’s hard to know where to begin fact checking. The “cupboard” of medical supplies At Saturday’s briefing, President Trump repeated his claim that he inherited a “bare cupboard” of medical supplies to fight coronavirus from the Obama administration. “Broken Junk” Speaking about testing for the coronavirus, Trump said, “I inherited broken junk.” This is a claim he …

Fact-checking Trump-speak so you don’t have to
4 years, 8 months ago

Fact-checking Trump-speak so you don’t have to

Al Jazeera  

It is easy to spot Trump’s falsehoods and misdirection, so why don’t news organisations do it more? MSNBC is one news agency that is claiming to do that with Trump‘s so-called “coronavirus briefings”. They would have known, and they should have known, and they probably did know, so we’ll be looking into that very carefully.” That, he said, is what …

Coronavirus: Experts debunk Trump claims he inherited faulty test
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus: Experts debunk Trump claims he inherited faulty test

The Independent  

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Testing blunders crippled US response as coronavirus spread
4 years, 9 months ago

Testing blunders crippled US response as coronavirus spread

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A series of missteps at the nation’s top public health agency caused a critical shortage of reliable laboratory tests for the coronavirus, hobbling the federal response as the pandemic spread across the country like wildfire, an Associated Press review found. President Donald Trump assured Americans early this month that the COVID-19 test developed by the Centers for Disease …

Trump Can Keep Lying About Coronavirus, But He Won't Be Able To Hide The Deaths
4 years, 9 months ago

Trump Can Keep Lying About Coronavirus, But He Won't Be Able To Hide The Deaths

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING President Donald Trump has gotten away with a staggering amount of lying over the course of his public life and has been particularly successful at using numbers to mislead and obfuscate. He lied when he said there were enough coronavirus tests for every American even when Vice President Mike Pence ― who’s leading the administration’s response ― …

Amid A Global Crisis, Trump Keeps Lying And Misleading About Pretty Much Everything
4 years, 10 months ago

Amid A Global Crisis, Trump Keeps Lying And Misleading About Pretty Much Everything

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON ― The threat of a coronavirus pandemic has not slowed down President Donald Trump’s habit of lying to and misleading Americans on any number of topics ― including that same coronavirus threat. The other may only be convinced he’s lying if they suffer personal disruption or financial losses.” Ned Price, a former CIA analyst and National …

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