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Did Trump Really Slow Down Coronavirus Testing?
It almost certainly doesn’t matter whether the president gave a formal order. His influence has been severely diminished.
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There’s a bit of a mini-scandal underway about whether President Donald Trump deliberately slowed down coronavirus testing. Trump said he did so during a rally in Tulsa on Saturday, and has frequently said that he opposes added testing because it produces worse statistics. Then the White House said that he was kidding. Then Trump said on Tuesday that he doesn't kid.