But a quote meme circulated in May 2020 presented Trump as saying
that undertaking more coronavirus testing made the U.S. “look bad” by
revealing more infections — even though revealing infections is one of
the primary purposes of the testing. According to the meme, Trump
lamented that, “More testing only reveals more infections and therefore
increases the numbers. In a way, by doing all this testing we make
ourselves look bad”:
As Washington Post once observed,
“Trump’s obsession with numbers has dominated and shaped the
administration’s response to the coronavirus, as advisers and public
health experts try to placate a leader who largely views the global
pandemic through the political lens of how the statistics reflect on his
presidency and hopes for reelection.”
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