Trump defends erroneous coronavirus predictions in wide-ranging interview: ‘I will eventually be right’ – By Allan Smith (NBC News) / July 19 2020
Fox News host Chris Wallace grilled the president on a number of subjects, including the coronavirus, the election and his own mental acuity.
President Donald Trump defended his past misstatements about the coronavirus Sunday, saying he “will be right eventually” in a contentious and freewheeling interview with Fox News’ Chris Wallace.
Wallace went through a number of Trump’s early statements about the coronavirus, including his remark in January that the virus amounted to “one person coming in from China, and we have it under control,” and his comment in February that the number of cases would soon be “close to zero.” Wallace also mentioned Trump’s insistence this month that “at some point [the virus is] going to sort of disappear.”
“I will be right eventually,” Trump responded. “You know, I said, ‘It’s going to disappear.’ I’ll say it again.”
Asked whether having been wrong before discredits him, Trump said: “It’s going to disappear, and I’ll be right. I don’t think so.”
He added, “You know why? Because I’ve been right probably more than anybody else.”
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