Trump Says U.S. ‘In a Good Place’ on the Virus

President Trump rebuked Dr. Anthony Fauci’s blunt assessment of the US’ coronavirus response, claiming that the country is “in a good place” even as new cases surge, CNN reports.

Said Trump: “Well, I think we are in a good place. I disagree with him… Dr. Fauci said don’t wear masks and now he says wear them. And he said numerous things. Don’t close off China. Don’t ban China. I did it anyway. I didn’t listen to my experts and I banned China. We would have been in much worse shape.”

He added: “We’ve done a good job. I think we are going to be in two, three, four weeks, by the time we next speak, I think we’re going to be in very good shape.”

On Twitter, Trump falsely claimed the coronavirus death rate is “down tenfold.”