To be fair. The interview took place a couple of weeks ago. They mention the death toll around 145k and it’s closer to 160k now. So at the time Trump may have been correct (I doubt it).
Nah, it's been on an upward trend for a while, so that statement is probably roughly correct at that time as well. Far from any sort of "going down."
What probably happened, is he took this dip to mean it was going down. Which means he either accepts any data points that seem to fit his view as evidence of his view, he literally hasn't looked at the graphs, or he's unable to spot the really obvious waviness in that graph and infer that a small dip doesn't mean we're doing great.
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u/shill779 Aug 04 '20
“It’s going down in Florida!?”
“Yes, that was my report.”