nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor3|||Some People 'Have The Sniffles': Trump Downplays Severity Of The Coronavirus||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||In a Fox News interview, the president weighed in, controversially, on the pandemic and issues of race.

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Some People 'Have The Sniffles': Trump Downplays The Coronavirus's Severity






"Cases are up because we have the best testing in the world," President Trump said in an interview that aired Sunday. "I'm glad we do [testing], but it really skews the numbers." In fact, cases are rising faster than tests.



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Some People 'Have The Sniffles': Trump Downplays Severity Of The Coronavirus



In a Fox News interview, the president weighed in, controversially, on the pandemic and issues of race.