Trump's recent comments negate all claims that he was joking about fewer tests equal fewer cases.

[Towlie]

Trump's most recent comment about wanting to reduce testing, made just before boarding Marine One, made it clear that as weird as his reasoning is, he is serious about it.

[lagomorph777]

1. Yup - promoting the idea that denial can create reality.

Well, it does, but in exactly the opposite way from what Turd is saying.

[rampartc]

2. aren't jokes supposed to be funny?

i don't think 120,000 dead is a joke.

[chriscan64]

3. In our pre-Trump notions of a bad president

we could imagine the president making a gaffe and instructing his staff to say it was a joke and sticking to the story. He really means the stupid things he says.

[coti]

4. Yes, he's telling his bootlickers with influence over data to fudge numbers. nt