After talking about what he said, there was a risk that foreign countries would use post-in-ballots to cheat in the election – which, as usual, he overestimated – Trump accused the Democrats of doing so. of their own election cheats.
“The Democrats are cheating about the election. Because that’s exactly what they’re doing. If you look at what they’re doing, even with these negotiations. That’s an impact, and an unfair influence, on an election,” he said.
Facts first: This is nonsense. Participating in a legislative negotiation is simply not to be cheated in an election; Trump did not even try to explain his accusation.
Existing conditions
Trump promised he would issue an executive order requiring health insurers to “cover all pre-existing conditions for all customers.”
He then added, “This has never happened before.”
We will not address the question of the legality of a presidential attempt to use an executive order, instead of a law, to order health insurers to make such protections.
Still, however, his claim on Friday gave the impression that he would become the pioneer of protection for people with pre-existing circumstances. That is not true at all.
Trump also reiterated several false claims he made earlier, including his claims that:
- The coronavirus “disappears” (It’s clearly not; the US had reported more than 42,000 new cases on Friday before Trump began his news conference)
- Prescription drug prices fell last year for the first time in 51 years (The decline, of 0.7%, occurred two years ago; by the same measure, prices increased 3% last year)
- More tests lead to more cases (testing does not create cases, only shows them, and tests are a pandemic control tool that should help reduce cases)
- Foreign countries can easily create e-mail polls (experts say this is simply not true due to various voting security measures)
- China pays the cost of its tariffs on imported Chinese products (Study after study has shown that Americans pay the tariffs)
- China had its worst economic year in 67 years before the pandemic (The growth of 2019 was the lowest in 29 years)
- Trump has always been strong in protecting pre-existing circumstances (He has repeatedly supported Republican bills that would have significantly weakened those protections in Obamacare)
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