CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: [Reporter: “Mr. President, at that rally, when you said you asked your people to slow down testing, were you just kidding or do you have a plan to slow down testing?”] “I don’t kid. Let me just tell you — let me make it clear: We have got the greatest testing program anywhere in the world…
Here’s what I say: Testing is a double-edged sword. In one way, it tells you you have cases. In another way, you find out where the cases are and you do a good job. We are doing a great job. We have never been credited for it. We’re doing the best testing job anywhere in the world. We’re doing the best ventilator job anywhere in the world. We’re now supplying ventilators to the entire world… We’ve done a great job. We have not been given credit for it.”
-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump Before Marine One Departure,” whitehouse.gov, June 23, 2020