'I don't look at that as a bad thing, I look at that as, in a certain respect, as being a good thing,' the president said.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he sees the high number of domestic coronavirus cases as a"badge of honor" that demonstrates America's increased testing capacity.
"I view it as a badge of honor, really, it's a badge of honor," he added, in reference to the more than 1.5 million confirmed U.S. cases of COVID-19."It's a great tribute to the testing and all of the work that a lot of professionals have done." U.S. President Trump speaks to the press after meeting with Republican Senators in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill, May 19, 2020 in Washington, DC. (America became the country with the highest number of confirmed coronavirus cases on March 26 with 82,404, surpassing China's 81,782 cases at the time. Weeks later, on April 12, the U.S. hit another grim milestone after having overtaken Italy to be the country with the highest death toll.
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