By Daniel Dale, Tara Subramaniam and Nathan McDermott, CNN
Updated 12:15 AM ET, Wed April 15, 2020
(CNN)Another coronavirus briefing. Another series of false claims.
Speaking Tuesday in the Rose Garden of the White House, President Donald Trump denied making a comment he did make. He criticized the World Health Organization for the same thing he has done before. He wrongly suggested he was the only national leader to impose travel restrictions on China. He claimed he was “authorizing” governors to lift coronavirus restrictions even though this power always belonged to governors. He falsely claimed, again, that “nobody ever thought” there would be a crisis like this. And he repeated some of his favorite false claims about his tariffs on China.
Here’s a rundown of Trump’s claims, and the facts around them.
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