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White House steps up effort to downplay coronavirus concerns

by Associated Press
| June 17, 2020 12:03 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump has long been fond of crafting his own version of the facts. But when he said “if we stop testing right now we’d have very few cases” of coronavirus, he may have written a new line of attack for critics who question his commitment to following the science.

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